Company Transferring Flights from Congonhas to Guarulhos to Comply with CONAC and ANAC Resolutions SAO PAULO, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will begin operating its new domestic air network on December 21, in compliance with rulings by the Brazilian civil aviation agencies (CONAC and ANAC). Flights departing Congonhas Airport will begin operations Friday, December 21, with the limitation of a reduction in number of slots (landings and takeoffs) from 33 to 30 per hour between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., and from 33 to 16 per hour between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. for regular flights. The airport will continue to operate until 11:00 p.m. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) Frequencies departing Congonhas for Brasilia, Goiania (Goias), Caxias do Sul (Rio Grande do Sul) and Maringa (Parana) have been transferred to Guarulhos, allowing the number of flights between Sao Paulo and these destinations to remain unchanged. For example, 11 flights to Brasilia and four to Goiania still depart from Congonhas. The company has also started flights from Guarulhos to Joinville (Santa Catarina), Uberlandia (Minas Gerais), Ribeirao Preto (Sao Paulo) and Sao Jose do Rio Preto (Sao Paulo). TAM is also now offering direct service from Guarulhos to Salvador (Bahia) and Recife (Pernambuco) for the duration of the high-traffic season. To offset this, a flight from Congonhas to Curitiba (Parana) was cancelled as well as another to Foz do Iguacu (Parana) and a third to Londrina (Parana), in addition to two flights to Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul). These steps allow TAM to adjust its network to the reduction in slots from 117 to 106 daily flights operated out of Congonhas to 20 Brazilian airports. Passengers who purchased tickets to destinations no longer operated from Congonhas will be rescheduled for flights from Guarulhos. The TAM call center is contacting customers who purchased tickets directly from the airline. If the ticket was purchased through a travel agency, the customer will need to contact the agent who sold the ticket. Investor Relations: Phone: (55) (11) 5582-9715 Fax: (55) (11) 5582-8149 http://www.tam.com.br/ir Press Agency Contact: Phone: (55) (11) 5582-8167 Fax: (55) (11) 5582-8155 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 5 million tickets. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO 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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