TAM Begins Flights to Frankfurt November 30
September 17 2007 - 3:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
Flights will use Airbus A340-500 aircraft, with the capacity to
transport up to 267 passengers SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will
begin a new daily flight to Frankfurt, Germany on November 30. The
route will be operated by the modern Airbus A340-500 aircraft,
which will be delivered to the Company by the end of October. The
new aircraft will be dual class (Business and Economy), with 267
seats. (Logo:
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flights to Frankfurt will be during prime time, guaranteeing
greater comfort and convenience for passengers, especially business
travelers. Flight JJ 8070 will depart from Guarulhos International
Airport, Sao Paulo at 10:40 p.m. and will arrive in Frankfurt at
1:30 p.m. (local time). The return journey will be by Flight JJ
8071, which will begin operations on December 1, leaving Frankfurt
at 10:30 p.m. (local time) and arriving in Sao Paulo at 7:40 a.m.
In May, TAM singed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with
Lufthansa to implement codesharing on national and international
routes. The agreement links the TAM Fidelity program and the
Lufthansa Miles & More; it will also allow the utilization of
the VIP rooms in many airports. The companies will announce the
gradual implementation of these measures in the coming months.
Investor Relations: 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/ir About TAM: TAM
(http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the leader in the Brazilian
domestic market since July 2003, and held a 49.3% domestic market
share and 65.3% international market share at the end of August
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.
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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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