TAM to Offer Additional Flights to Buenos Aires in High Season
May 08 2008 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Scheduled departures from Porto Seguro, Recife and Salvador will
expand options available to passengers from the Northeast SAO
PAULO, Brazil, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4
and NYSE: TAM) will offer additional flights to Ezeiza
International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with departures
from Porto Seguro, Recife, Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro,
from June 19 to August 10 in order to meet the demands of the high
season. In doing this, TAM will supplement availability of flights
connecting Brazil's Northeast with Buenos Aires, expanding options
for passengers wanting to take this route, as well as increasing
the number of flights from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/SPTH002LOGO ) TAM
currently operates 49 weekly frequencies to Buenos Aires, with
departures from Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianopolis, Fortaleza,
Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo. With the
additional flights, the airline will be offering 56 flights per
week to the Argentine capital. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, the flight will depart Recife at 3:30 p.m. and land in
Salvador at 4:45 p.m., taking off at 5:30 p.m. en route to Tom
Jobim (Galeao) International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, departing
from there at 8:30 p.m. and landing at Ezeiza airport in Buenos
Aires at 11:50 p.m. For the return trip, the flight will depart
from Ezeiza at 6:30 a.m., landing in Rio at 9:30, in Salvador at
12:25 p.m. and in Recife at 2:25 p.m. On Saturdays, the flight will
depart from Porto Seguro at 10:45 a.m. and arrive in Buenos Aires
at 3:00 p.m. The return trip will be on flight, departing from
Ezeiza at 6:00 a.m. and arriving in Porto Seguro at 9:45 a.m. On
Thursdays and Sundays, the flight will leave Guarulhos
International Airport in Sao Paulo at 11:20 p.m., arriving in
Ezeiza at 2:10 a.m. For the return trip, the flight will depart
from Buenos Aires at 7:45 a.m. and land at 10:25 in Guarulhos.
About TAM: TAM (http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the leader in the
Brazilian domestic market for more than four years and closed March
2008 with a 51.4% market share. The company operates flights to 42
Brazilian destinations. It serves 79 different destinations in the
Brazilian market through commercial agreements with regional
companies. Among Brazilian airline companies, TAM's international
market share was 68.9% in March. Its international operations
include direct flights to 17 destinations: New York and Miami
(USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt
(Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina),
Santiago (Chile), Caracas (Venezuela), Montevideo and Punta del
Este (Uruguay), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), and Santa
Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia). Additionally, it has
code share agreements with international airlines, which allow
passengers to travel to another 64 destinations in the United
States, South America and Europe. TAM was the first airline company
to launch a loyalty program in Brazil; TAM's program currently has
4.5 million members and has redeemed more than 5.2 million tickets
in exchange for points.
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