TAM to Offer Direct Rio - New York Flights Starting November 1
October 31 2008 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Four round trip frequencies per week between the two cities SAO
PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (BOVESPA:
TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will start operating direct flights between
Rio de Janeiro and New York starting Saturday, November 1. Four
weekly non-stop round trip frequencies between the two cities will
be offered. TAM passengers will be able to fly Business or Economy
class. Flights will be operated using the Boeing 767-300, which
holds 205 passengers. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/SPTH002LOGO ) "Rio de
Janeiro is a strategic market for TAM and represents an important
gateway for passengers coming from the United States. Therefore, we
are increasingly investing in new services, such as the direct Rio
- New York and Rio - Miami flights, the latter having begun
September 19," said Paulo Castello Branco, Commercial and Planning
Vice President. The flight will depart Rio de Janeiro's Tom Jobim
International Airport (Galeao) at 11:15 p.m. (local time) Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and fly directly into JFK in New
York, arriving at 6:00 a.m. (local time) the following day. Return
flights will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The
flight will depart JFK at 4:15 p.m. (local time) and fly directly
to Rio de Janeiro (Galeao), arriving at 5:30 a.m. (local time). On
Sundays, the flight will leave New York at 8:00 a.m. and arrive in
Rio de Janeiro at 9:15 p.m. (local time). Fares for the launch of
the new service will start at US$749 for economy (for tickets
issued through 10/31/2008) and US$4,120 for business class (for
tickets issued through 12/04/08), round trip, plus taxes. For
further information, reservations or to purchase tickets, contact
the TAM Call Center at 4002-5700 (for state capitals), and
0800-570-5700 (other locations) or go to http://www.tam.com.br/.
Flights to the United States TAM already operates two daily flights
to New York from Sao Paulo (Guarulhos). All legs of the trip are on
A330 aircraft in both directions. With the start of the new service
from Rio, TAM will now offer 18 weekly flights between Brazil and
New York. TAM operations include four daily flights (28 per week)
to Miami, Florida. One of the flights starts in Confins, in Belo
Horizonte (MG), continues to Rio de Janeiro and then on to Miami.
TAM also offers two daily flights from Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) -- one
of them stopping in Salvador (BA) on Sundays on the outbound and
return legs -- and another from Manaus. All flights receive and
offer connections.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ 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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