TAM and Lufthansa Sign Contract to Begin Shared Flights Between Brazil and Germany
December 03 2007 - 4:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa:
TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) and Lufthansa signed a contract on Saturday,
December 1, to start an operational code-sharing agreement on
national and international routes. TAM and Lufthansa's flight
partnership is expected to begin during the first half of 2008.
Starting in February, clients of both companies will be able to
accumulate and exchange points earned on TAM's Programa Fidelidade
loyalty program and miles with Lufthansa's Miles & More program
on flights operated by either company. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) The
code-sharing agreement will allow both companies to offer more
flight options to their passengers who travel between Brazil and
Germany. TAM's clients will be able to purchase tickets on flights
operated by Lufthansa, which depart from Sao Paulo and arrive in
Frankfurt and Munich (Germany). From Frankfurt, connections will be
available to other destinations in Germany, such as Dusseldorf,
Hamburg, and Stuttgart, as well as Zurich and Geneva (Switzerland).
Lufthansa passengers will be able use the new TAM flight to
Frankfurt and, in Brazil, will be offered connections from Sao
Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte,
Brasilia, Recife, Florianopolis, Salvador and Foz do Iguacu. The
code-sharing will also cover TAM flights to other South American
destinations: Santiago (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and
Montevideo (Uruguay). TAM began flights to Frankfurt, its fourth
direct European destination, on November 30. The operation uses an
Airbus A340-500, with a carrying capacity of up to 267 passengers
-- 42 seats in business class and 225 in economy. The first flight
took off as 80% occupied and returned from Frankfurt on December 1
with 98% of the seats filled. 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 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.
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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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