TAP Portugal (Lisbon) is expected to be privatized later this year as part of Portugal’s austerity plans. British Airways (BA/London Heathrow) and Iberia (IB/Madrid) parent International Airlines Group, Qatar Airways (QR/Doha) and TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ/Sao Paulo Congonhas) have been mentioned as potential interested bidders. TAP has significantly increased the number of routes from its Lisbon hub: Lisbon-Accra: 4x weekly A320-200 service has started on July 2 Lisbon-Athens: 5x weekly A320-200 service has started on June 4 Lisbon-Bamako: 3x weekly A319-100/A320-200 service has started on June 5 Lisbon-Bordeaux: daily ERJ-145/Fokker 100 service (operated by PGA Portugalia Airlines (NI/Lisbon)) has started on April 1 Lisbon-Dubrovnik: weekly seasonal A320-200 service has started on June 23 Lisbon-Dusseldorf Intl: 5x weekly A319-100 service has started on March 28 Lisbon-Manchester: 6x weekly A319-100 service on June 1 Lisbon-Miami: 5x weekly A330-200 service has started on June 6 Lisbon-Porto Alegre: 4x weekly A330-200 service has started on June 12 Lisbon-Sao Vicente: 2x weekly A320-200 service has started on July 1 Lisbon-Vienna: 6x weekly A319-100/A320-200 service has started on May 27 TAP has however given up its services to Johannesburg on May 31 that it served in combination with Maputo. It continues to operate a twice weekly A340-300 service linking Lisbon and Maputo. TAP and Continental Airlines (CO/Houston Intcl) are planning to start codesharing on Portugal-US services operated by both carriers. It has also started a similar cooperation agreement with Air China (CA/Beijing Capital) offering connections between Portugal and China via several European cities served by both Star Alliance members.