TAM Begins Flights to Madrid on December 28
October 22 2007 - 1:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
Passengers will be able to travel in Executive and Economy Classes
on modern Airbus A330 aircraft SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will
start daily flights to Madrid, Spain, beginning on December 28.
This service will depart from Guarulhos International Airport in
Sao Paulo, arriving at Terminal 1 at Madrid-Barajas International
Airport. Passengers will travel on modern Airbus A330 aircraft with
a choice of Executive or Economy class. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) Flight
will depart from Guarulhos International Airport at 7:10 p.m.* and
arrive in Madrid at 8:05 a.m. Return service will be on a flight
which will start operating on December 29, leaving Madrid at 10:55
a.m. and arriving in Sao Paulo at 6:35 p.m. Madrid-Barajas
International Airport is located only 12 kilometers from downtown
Madrid. Furthermore, a subway station located inside the airport
allows passengers to have rapid access to the center of the city,
offering convenience and saving travel time. Madrid will be TAM's
fifth direct destination in Europe. The airline is already offering
three daily flights to Paris (one departing from Rio de Janeiro and
two from Sao Paulo), one daily flight to London, and one to Milan.
On November 30, TAM will begin a new daily flight service to
Frankfurt, Germany. In the international market, TAM also offers
five daily flights to the United States (two to New York and three
to Miami, with one departing from Fortaleza, making stops in Belem
and Manaus). In South America, TAM offers 49 flights per week to
Buenos Aires (Argentina), service once a day to Santiago, Chile,
and once a day to Caracas, Venezuela. On November 5, it will start
daily service to Montevideo, Uruguay. With TAM Mercosur, it also
serves Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Cordoba
(Argentina), and Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia),
among other South American cities. In addition, it has codeshare
agreements with international airlines that allow passengers to
travel to a wide variety of destinations all over the world. *
Local Times 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 domestic market leader since July
2003, closing the month of September 2007 with a 48.1% market
share. The company flies to 47 destinations in Brazil. With
commercial agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 81
different destinations in Brazil itself. In September, TAM held a
69.8% market share among Brazilian airlines operating international
flights. International operations include direct flights to eight
destinations: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France), London
(England), Milan (Italy), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago
(Chile) and Caracas (Venezuela). On November 5, TAM will begin
daily flight service to Montevideo. 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/
http://www.tam.com.br/ir
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