LUANDA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - TAAG Angola Airlines said on Wednesday it could soon pick a partner to help it develop its business, after receiving several offers from other airlines interested in linking up with the state-owned airline.

Angola's Transport Minister Augusto Tomas said in January that Lufthansa, Brussels Air, British Airways, Air France-KLM and Portugal's TAP were interested in TAAG, which recently resumed flights to the European Union.

The European Commission lifted the ban -- imposed on TAAG in 2007 due to safety concerns -- in July, but only for certain flights from the African nation to Portugal.

'It is now up to us to pick the best partner,' said Rui Carreira, a spokesman for TAAG. He did not say how a partnership would work.

Oil-producing Angola has become one of the most lucrative airline routes for some European airlines like Portugal's TAP, as the country rebuilds from a devastating 27-year civil war that ended in 2002.

However, TAP Chief Executive Officer Fernando Pinto dismissed rumours in the media that a partnership between the Portuguese airline and TAAG was imminent.

'Now is not the time,' Pinto was cited by Radio Nacional de Angola as saying on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Henrique Almeida; Editing by Rupert Winchester) Keywords: AIRLINE ANGOLA/

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