TAM and LAN Peru Begin Shared Flights
January 07 2008 - 2:41PM
PR Newswire (US)
Agreement Reinforces the Existing Partnership Between TAM and the
LAN Alliance SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- TAM
(Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) and LAN Peru have begun their
operational codeshare agreement. The partnership allows TAM to sell
flights operated by LAN Peru between Sao Paulo and Lima, with the
possibility of connections to the cities of Arequipa and Cuzco. In
return, LAN Peru will offer multiple flight options to various
Brazilian state capitals and cities served by TAM. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) TAM has
already been operating shared flights with LAN Airlines (Chile)
since November 2007, offering passengers the option of flights to
14 cities within Chile, such as Antofagasta, Calama, Concepcion,
Iquique, La Serena, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas and Valdivia. LAN
clients have flights operated by TAM to 12 Brazilian cities at
their disposal, among which are Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Porto
Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis, Brasilia, Recife, Manaus and
Porto Seguro. "The agreement between TAM and LAN Peru reinforces
the services synergy that we are developing with the LAN Group in
South America, stimulating passenger traffic in the continent. We
want to extend this partnership to other markets in the future,
always offering more comfort to our clients," said Paulo Castello
Branco, TAM's Planning and Alliances vice-president. One of the
passenger benefits of the commercial alliance between TAM and LAN
is that journeys will be made with one ticket from start to finish,
and clients will check in their baggage through to their final
destination. The agreement signed between the two companies will
soon allow other cities in Peru to be included in the partnership.
TAM will announce the new destinations as soon as they are
available on the airline's sales system. The operation of shared
flights is part of the agreement signed in 2007 between TAM and the
LAN Alliance -- made up of LAN Airlines, LAN Peru, LAN Argentina
and LAN Ecuador -- with the objective of developing partnerships on
routes operated by the companies in South America, increasing
passenger options to fly to numerous destinations on the continent.
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 MVL Comunicacao Phone:
(55) (11) 3594-0302 / 0304 / 0305 About LAN: LAN Airlines is one of
Latin America's leading airlines. The LAN Alliance is made up of
LAN Airlines, LAN Express, LAN Peru, LAN Ecuador, and LAN
Argentina, as well as LAN Cargo and its affiliates. The LAN
Alliance serves 15 destinations in Chile, 12 in Peru, 10 in
Argentina, two in Ecuador, 15 in other Latin American countries and
the Caribbean, three in the United States, two in Europe and four
in the South Pacific, as well as 52 additional international
destinations through several codeshare agreements. Currently, the
LAN Alliance operates 68 passenger aircraft and 10 dedicated
freight aircraft. LAN Airlines is a member of OneWorld(TM). It has
bilateral commercial agreements with American Airlines, British
Airways, Iberia and Qantas, as well as Alaska Airlines, AeroMexico,
Mexicana, TAM, Korean Air and JAL. For more information, visit
http://www.lan.com/ or http://www.oneworldalliance.com/. About TAM:
TAM (http://www.tam.com.br/) has been domestic market leader since
July 2003, closing the month of November 2007 with a 49.9% market
share. The company flies to 47 destinations in Brazil. With
commercial agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 81
different destinations in Brazil itself. In November, TAM held a
73.2% market share among Brazilian airlines operating international
flights. International operations include direct flights to eleven
destinations: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France), London
(England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany),Madrid (Spain),
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Caracas (Venezuela) and
Montevideo (Uruguay). With TAM Mercosur, it also serves Asuncion
and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Cordoba (Argentina), and Santa Cruz
de la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia), among other South American
cities. In addition, it has codeshare agreements with international
airlines that allow passengers to travel to a wide assortment of
destinations all over 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 5.0
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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