TAM to Offer Direct Rio - New York Flights Starting November 1
October 31 2008 - 1:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
Four round trip frequencies per week between the two cities SAO
PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (BOVESPA:
TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will start operating direct flights between
Rio de Janeiro and New York starting Saturday, November 1. Four
weekly non-stop round trip frequencies between the two cities will
be offered. TAM passengers will be able to fly Business or Economy
class. Flights will be operated using the Boeing 767-300, which
holds 205 passengers. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/SPTH002LOGO ) "Rio de
Janeiro is a strategic market for TAM and represents an important
gateway for passengers coming from the United States. Therefore, we
are increasingly investing in new services, such as the direct Rio
- New York and Rio - Miami flights, the latter having begun
September 19," said Paulo Castello Branco, Commercial and Planning
Vice President. The flight will depart Rio de Janeiro's Tom Jobim
International Airport (Galeao) at 11:15 p.m. (local time) Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and fly directly into JFK in New
York, arriving at 6:00 a.m. (local time) the following day. Return
flights will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The
flight will depart JFK at 4:15 p.m. (local time) and fly directly
to Rio de Janeiro (Galeao), arriving at 5:30 a.m. (local time). On
Sundays, the flight will leave New York at 8:00 a.m. and arrive in
Rio de Janeiro at 9:15 p.m. (local time). For further information,
reservations or to purchase tickets, contact the TAM Call Center at
4002-5700 (for state capitals), and 0800-570-5700 (other locations)
or go to http://www.tam.com.br/. Flights to the United States TAM
already operates two daily flights to New York from Sao Paulo
(Guarulhos). All legs of the trip are on A330 aircraft in both
directions. With the start of the new service from Rio, TAM will
now offer 18 weekly flights between Brazil and New York. TAM
operations include four daily flights (28 per week) to Miami,
Florida. One of the flights starts in Confins, in Belo Horizonte
(MG), continues to Rio de Janeiro and then on to Miami. TAM also
offers two daily flights from Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) -- one of them
stopping in Salvador (BA) on Sundays on the outbound and return
legs -- and another from Manaus. All flights receive and offer
connections.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ 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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