TAM Receives Second Airbus A340-500
November 22 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Aircraft with a capacity to transport up to 267 passengers will be
used on the new international flight to Frankfurt SAO PAULO,
Brazil, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and
NYSE: TAM) this week received its second Airbus A340-500. The
company will use the aircraft on its new daily flight to Frankfurt,
Germany, beginning November 30. With this new aircraft, TAM now has
96 Airbus models (15 A319, 66 A320, 3 A321, 10 A330 and 2 A340).
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The A340-500 is a long-haul aircraft, equipped with four
Rolls-Royce engines. The model received by TAM has a capacity of up
to 267 passengers, with 42 Executive Class seats and 225 in Economy
Class. TAM received the first A340-500 aircraft in October. This
year, TAM has already added 23 aircraft to its fleet -- 18 from the
A320 family (A319, A320 and A321), 2 A340s and 3 MD-11s. With the
arrival of this A340, the company now has an operational fleet of
110 aircraft -- 96 Airbus models, 11 F-100s and 3 MD-11s. Until the
end of this year, the company will return 5 F-100s and will receive
3 A320 and 2 A330s, and forecasts a fleet of 136 aircraft by 2011.
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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Barroso of TAM Investor Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, or fax,
+011-55-11-5582-8149, ; Press Agency Contact: +011-55-11-5582-8167,
or fax, +011-55-(11)-5582-8155, Web site: http://www.tam.com.br/
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