Aer Lingus owner IAG weighs buying Portugal's TAP

IAG boss also said airline group open to selling some Madrid slots to Ryanair

IAG, qhich opens Aer Lingus, is open to selling some Madrid slots to Ryanair.

IAG, which owns Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia, may be interested in acquiring Portugal's state-owned airline TAP if conditions are right, its chief executive Luis Gallego has said. 

Separately, Mr Gallego said IAG was open to selling some Madrid slots to Ryanair as part of potential remedies to its acquisition of Air Europa.