SAO PAULO, Brazil, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will operate six more flights a week linking the cities of Salvador (Bahia) and Florianopolis (Santa Catalina) to Buenos Aires, Argentina, from December 15 to March 2, 2008. These will complement the daily flights TAM already operates along the two routes in order to serve the expected increase in passenger demand during the end-of-year holidays.
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From December 15 to February 29, 2008, flight JJ 9538 will leave Salvador every Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 1:30 a.m. and arrive at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires at 6:00 a.m. The return route will be operated every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from December 16 to March 1, 2008, on flight JJ 9539, which will take off from Buenos Aires at 10:05 p.m. and land in Salvador at 2:20 a.m. The flight will be operated in both directions by Airbus A320 aircraft, with a capacity to transport up to 174 passengers.
From December 16 to March 2, 2008, flight JJ 9536 will leave Florianopolis every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 12:10 a.m. and arrive at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires at 2:15 a.m. The return route will be operated during the same period, also on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, on flight JJ 9537, which will take off from Buenos Aires at 3:15 a.m. and land in Florianopolis at 5:30 a.m. This flight will be operated by Airbus A319 aircraft, with a capacity of up to 144 passengers.
TAM is the leader among Brazilian companies operating flights to Buenos Aires. Since March of this year, the company has offered daily flights linking Fortaleza (Ceara) and Salvador (Bahia) to Ezeiza Airport, with stops in Guarulhos (Sao Paulo), to give passengers from the northeast region of Brazil the convenience of flying on the same aircraft to Buenos Aires. Since November 20, TAM has operated two daily flights between Confins Airport, in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), and Ezeiza Airport, in Buenos Aires. One of the flights stops in Guarulhos and the other at Tom Jobim Airport (Galeao), in Rio de Janeiro. The company currently operates 56 weekly flights to Argentina, with flights also leaving from Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Through TAM Mercosur, the company also operates a daily connection between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
*Please note that all flight times are in Brasilia time. 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 46,6% domestic market share and 71,2% international market share at the end of October 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 4.7 million tickets.
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