TAM Expands Partnership with Company from Southern Brazil
February 15 2008 - 8:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Business agreement with NHT to expand as of February 18; TAM will
then serve 82 destinations in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil, Feb. 15
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM Linhas Aereas and the regional
company NHT are expanding their business agreement as of Monday,
February 18. The expansion of the partnership will enable TAM to
commercialize flights operated by NHT to three more destinations
using the code JJ*: the cities of Erechim and Passo Fundo, in Rio
Grande do Sul, and Criciuma, in Santa Catarina. These new
destinations are added to the other cities in southern Brazil
(Pelotas, Rio Grande, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, Santo Angelo and
Uruguaiana) that have been served by TAM since last September, when
the agreement between the two companies first took effect. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060418/SPTU001LOGO ) With
this agreement, the two companies are offering passengers more
services and flight choices, stimulating traffic in the region.
Passengers wishing to travel to the new destinations offered by TAM
can fly to Porto Alegre (hub of Brazil's southern cities) or to
Florianopolis (in the case of Criciuma) and make immediate
connections with flights operated by NHT, purchasing just one
ticket to cover all stages of the trip. In the same way, NHT
passengers can make connections in Porto Alegre or Florianopolis to
embark on TAM flights to any destination served by TAM in Brazil or
abroad, buying one single ticket. The partnership will enable
passengers who fly one segment with one company followed by an
immediate connection to a segment with the other partner and
accumulate frequent flyer points in TAM's Programa Fidelidade.
Customers with TAM's red frequent flyer card and the TAM Itau
Personnalite credit card (Mastercard Platinum or Visa Platinum)
also have access to TAM VIP lounges at Salgado Filho airport in
Porto Alegre, and Hercilio Luz, in Florianopolis. TAM currently has
business agreements with the regional airlines Pantanal, Passaredo,
Total and Trip. As of January 14, the daily flight on the Corumba -
- Campo Grande route in Mato Grosso do Sul began to be operated by
a partnership with Trip. With the expansion of the agreement with
NHT, TAM will now be serving 82 destinations in Brazil, 45 of which
with its own flights. In addition, the company is strengthening its
presence in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Investor
Relations: 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/ir MVL Comunicacao Phone: (55) (11)
3594-0302 / 0304 / 0305 About TAM: TAM Linhas Aereas
(http://www.tam.com.br/) has been domestic market leader for more
than four years, and closed the month of January 2008 with a 48.6%
market share. The company flies to 45 destinations in Brazil. With
commercial agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 82
different destinations nationwide. TAM's market share among
Brazilian companies operating international airlines was 67% in
January. Operations abroad 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), Santa Cruz de
la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia), among other South American
cities. It has code-share agreements with international companies,
allowing for the sharing of seats on flights with international
companies, enabling passengers to travel to 62 other destinations
in the USA, South America and Europe. A pioneer in Brazil's airline
industry with the launch of its Programa Fidelidade frequent flyer
program, TAM today has more than 4.5 million members and has issued
more than 5.2 million tickets redeemed with frequent flyer points.
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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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