TAM to Operate 34 New Flights Between Santos Dumont and Seven State Capitals

SAO PAULO, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — This month TAM
(NYSE: TAM and Bovespa: TAMM4) will commence operating 34 new flights from
Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, to seven domestic destinations –
Aracaju, Belo Horizonte (Confins), Brasilia, Curitiba, Recife, Salvador and
Vitoria. These 17 daily flights were authorized under a process of drawing
lots for time slots held by ANAC — Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil
(National Civil Aviation Agency) for operating flights without destination
restrictions from Santos Dumont and are in addition to the 31 regular daily
shuttle flights between Rio and Sao Paulo.

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This Friday, April 17, TAM will operate the first flights, leaving Santos
Dumont Airport for Recife and Salvador. Flights to the other five destinations
from Santos Dumont — Brasilia, Belo Horizonte (Confins), Curitiba, Vitoria
and Aracaju — will commence on Friday, April 27.

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About TAM:

TAM (www.tam.com.br) has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market
since July 2003, and closed March with a 49.3% market share. The company
operates flights to 42 Brazilian destinations. It serves 79 different
destinations in the domestic market through commercial agreements with
regional companies. Among Brazilian airline companies its international market
share was 86.8% in March. Its international operations include direct flights
to 18 destinations in the United States, Europe and South America: New York,
Miami and Orlando (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy),
Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires and Bariloche (Argentina),
Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion
and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay), Caracas (Venezuela) and
Lima (Peru). Additionally, it has code sharing agreements with international
airline companies allowing passengers to travel to another 64 destinations in
the USA, South America and Europe. TAM was the first airline company to launch
a loyalty program in Brazil, TAM’s scheme currently has more than 5.5 million
associates and has distributed more than 7.4 million tickets in exchange for
points.

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