TAM Creates Extra Flights From Salvador and Florianopolis to Buenos Aires
November 22 2007 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
To serve increased demand during the end-of-year holidays, the
company will operate six more flights a week along the two routes
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa:
TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will operate six more flights a week linking
the cities of Salvador (Bahia) and Florianopolis (Santa Catalina)
to Buenos Aires, Argentina, from December 15 to March 2, 2008.
These will complement the daily flights TAM already operates along
the two routes in order to serve the expected increase in passenger
demand during the end-of-year holidays. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) From
December 15 to February 29, 2008, flight JJ 9538 will leave
Salvador every Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 1:30 a.m. and arrive
at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires at 6:00 a.m. The return route
will be operated every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from December 16
to March 1, 2008, on flight JJ 9539, which will take off from
Buenos Aires at 10:05 p.m. and land in Salvador at 2:20 a.m. The
flight will be operated in both directions by Airbus A320 aircraft,
with a capacity to transport up to 174 passengers. From December 16
to March 2, 2008, flight JJ 9536 will leave Florianopolis every
Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 12:10 a.m. and arrive at Ezeiza
Airport in Buenos Aires at 2:15 a.m. The return route will be
operated during the same period, also on Thursdays, Fridays and
Sundays, on flight JJ 9537, which will take off from Buenos Aires
at 3:15 a.m. and land in Florianopolis at 5:30 a.m. This flight
will be operated by Airbus A319 aircraft, with a capacity of up to
144 passengers. TAM is the leader among Brazilian companies
operating flights to Buenos Aires. Since March of this year, the
company has offered daily flights linking Fortaleza (Ceara) and
Salvador (Bahia) to Ezeiza Airport, with stops in Guarulhos (Sao
Paulo), to give passengers from the northeast region of Brazil the
convenience of flying on the same aircraft to Buenos Aires. Since
November 20, TAM has operated two daily flights between Confins
Airport, in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), and Ezeiza Airport, in
Buenos Aires. One of the flights stops in Guarulhos and the other
at Tom Jobim Airport (Galeao), in Rio de Janeiro. The company
currently operates 56 weekly flights to Argentina, with flights
also leaving from Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo. Through TAM Mercosur, the company also operates a
daily connection between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. *Please
note that all flight times are in Brasilia time. About TAM: TAM
(http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the leader in the Brazilian
domestic market for more than four years, and held a 46,6% domestic
market share and 71,2% international market share at the end of
October 2007. TAM operates regular flights to 47 destinations
throughout Brazil. It serves 81 different cities in the domestic
market through regional alliances. 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 4.3
million subscribers and has awarded more than 4.7 million tickets.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: TAM CONTACT: Libano Miranda
Barroso, TAM Investor Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, fax,
+011-55-11-5582-8149, , or Press Agency Contact,
+011-55-11-5582-8167, fax, +011-55-11-5582-8155, Web site:
http://www.tam.com.br/
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