Review follows demand growth expectations for coming years SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) announces a review of its fleet plan for narrow body aircraft starting in 2008 based on new demand growth expectations in the domestic market. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) The impact of the fleet plan is reflected in the annual reduction of 5 narrow body Airbus aircraft starting in 2008. The new fleet plan and a comparison of the current narrow body Airbus fleet and the one prior to the review are presented in the tables below: New Fleet Plan 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 F100 6 0 0 0 0 Airbus narrow-body 87 98 101 107 110 Airbus wide-body 15 16 20 20 20 MD11 3 0 0 0 0 B777 0 4 4 4 6 Airbus Narrow-body 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Previous 87 103 106 112 115 Current 87 98 101 107 110 Regarding the international market, the fleet plan remains unchanged. The Company maintains strong expansion plans operating direct flights to Europe (Paris, London and Milan) and USA (Miami and New York). As of November 30, TAM will begin daily flights to Frankfurt and by December a direct daily flight to Madrid. In addition to the flights operated with our own aircraft, we are also implementing the following code-share agreements: - Since September 1, 2007 with TAP, - October 2007 with LAN, - November 2007 with United Airlines, - December 2007 with Lufthansa. For 2007, we maintain our guidance released at the end of last year, set forth in the following table: Guidance 2007 1H07 Market -- Domestic Market growth 10% - 15% 12.6%* TAM -- Average domestic market share above 50% 49.3%* -- Average domestic load factor of approximately 70% 72.1%* -- Average block hours per day higher than 13 hours 12.8 -- Total CASK ex-fuel reduction in BR GAPP of 7% yoy 9.2% -- Opportunity in the international market -- Third frequency to Paris Since January -- Inauguration of two new international Milan long haul frequencies (March), Frankfurt and Madrid (December) * Accumulated from January to July 2007 Investor Relations Contact: Press Agency Contact: Phone: (55) (11) 5582-9715 Phone: (55) (11) 5582-8167 Fax: (55) (11) 5582-8149 Fax: (55) (11) 5582-8155 http://www.tam.com.br/ri About TAM: TAM (http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market since July 2003, and held a 50.6% domestic market share and 64.3% international market share at the end of July 2007. Additionally, it maintains code-share agreements with international airline companies that allow passengers to travel to a large number of destinations throughout the world. TAM was the first Brazilian airline company to launch a loyalty program. Currently, the program has over 4.0 million subscribers and has awarded more than 4.3 million tickets. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO DATASOURCE: TAM CONTACT: Libano Miranda Barroso, TAM Investor Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, fax, +011-55-11-5582-8149, Web site: http://www.tam.com.br/

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