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). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: TAM CONTACT: Libano Miranda 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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