Agreement will also include LAN Peru and Argentina in November SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) and the LAN alliance -- LAN Airlines, LAN Peru, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador -- will commence a code-share flight agreement on November 5, beginning with LAN Airlines (Chile). The flights will be available to sell beginning October 31. LAN Peru and LAN Argentina will follow in the month of November. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) The partnership, effective next week, will allow TAM to offer its passengers flights to 14 cities in Chile, such as Antofagasta, Calama, Concepcion, Iquique, La Serena, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas and Valdivia. LAN clients will also be eligible for Tam flights to 12 Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis, Brasilia, Recife, Manaus and Porto Seguro, among others. Code sharing will increase the number of seats available between Sao Paulo and Santiago, as the two companies will operate with shared codes on flights between Brazil and Chile. In addition to the Sao Paulo-Lima route with LAN Peru, the agreement will cover 11 other cities in Peru (Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Puerto Maldonado and Tarapoto, among others) and nine Brazilian cities served by TAM (Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Salvador, Manaus, Florianopolis, Foz do Iguacu and Porto Seguro). The partnership with LAN Argentina will allow for an increase in number of flights between Brazil and Argentina for both countries' customers, with flights leaving Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Florianopolis. Destinations operated by TAM and LAN Argentina in their respective countries are also being considered. The code share agreement will include LAN flights from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, Com. Rivadavia, El Calafate, Mendonza, Rio Gallegos, Salta and Ushuaia, in Argentina; and TAM flights from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to 14 cities in Brazil. Another benefit passengers will reap from the commercial alliance between TAM and LAN is that trips will be completed with just one ticket from start to finish, with luggage sent to the final destination. In November, passengers of either company will be able to accumulate and redeem points through the TAM Loyalty Program and miles with LANPASS on flights operated by either company. 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/ir About LAN: LAN Airlines is one of Latin America's leading airlines. LAN is made up of LAN Airlines, LAN Express, LAN Peru, LAN Ecuador, and LAN Argentina, as well as LAN Cargo and its affiliates. LAN Alliance serves 15 destinations in Chile, 12 in Peru, 10 in Argentina, two in Ecuador, 15 in other Latin American countries and the Caribbean, three in the United States, two in Europe and four in the South Pacific, in addition to 52 additional international destinations through several code-share agreements. Currently, the LAN Alliance operates 68 passenger aircraft and 10 freighters. LAN Airlines is a member of OneWorld(TM). It has bilateral commercial agreements with American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Qantas and also with Alaska Airlines, AeroMexico, TAM, Korean Air and JAL. For more information visit http://www.lan.com/ or http://www.oneworldalliance.com/. 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 (Paraguay). 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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