TAM Receives 33rd Aircraft this Year
December 14 2007 - 6:17AM
PR Newswire (US)
Newly Configured Airbus A330 is added today to company fleet; will
be used for Madrid flight starting December 21 SAO PAULO, Brazil,
Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE:
TAM) received its second Airbus A330-200 today directly from the
Toulouse factory. The company received the first at the beginning
of this month. One of these new aircraft will be used starting
December 21 for the daily flight to Madrid, Spain, the fifth
European destination served by TAM. TAM has now added a record 33
aircraft to its fleet in 2007. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) The two
new Airbus A330 are configured according to a new concept created
by TAM for aircraft making long international flights, and will
have four exclusive seats in First Class, 36 in Executive and 183
in Economy. Taking into account these two new planes and the 13
units (F-100 and Airbus) returned to lessors during the year, TAM
will have an operating fleet of 110 aircraft, 101 of them Airbuses.
TAM received the largest number of new aircraft of all airlines
from Airbus factories in 2007, according to the French
manufacturer, even exceeding Chinese and Indian competitors. TAM's
current fleet plan foresees the company closing out next year with
123 planes in operation. 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 49.9% domestic market share and 73.2%
international market share at the end of November 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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