TAM to Offer Additional Flights to Buenos Aires in High Season

SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) will offer additional flights to Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with departures from Porto Seguro, Recife, Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, from June 19 to August 10 in order to meet the demands of the high season. In doing this, TAM will supplement availability of flights connecting Brazil's Northeast with Buenos Aires, expanding options for passengers wanting to take this route, as well as increasing the number of flights from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

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TAM currently operates 49 weekly frequencies to Buenos Aires, with departures from Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo. With the additional flights, the airline will be offering 56 flights per week to the Argentine capital.

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the flight will depart Recife at 3:30 p.m. and land in Salvador at 4:45 p.m., taking off at 5:30 p.m. en route to Tom Jobim (Galeao) International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, departing from there at 8:30 p.m. and landing at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires at 11:50 p.m. For the return trip, the flight will depart from Ezeiza at 6:30 a.m., landing in Rio at 9:30, in Salvador at 12:25 p.m. and in Recife at 2:25 p.m.

On Saturdays, the flight will depart from Porto Seguro at 10:45 a.m. and arrive in Buenos Aires at 3:00 p.m. The return trip will be on flight, departing from Ezeiza at 6:00 a.m. and arriving in Porto Seguro at 9:45 a.m.

On Thursdays and Sundays, the flight will leave Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo at 11:20 p.m., arriving in Ezeiza at 2:10 a.m. For the return trip, the flight will depart from Buenos Aires at 7:45 a.m. and land at 10:25 in Guarulhos.

About TAM:

TAM (www.tam.com.br) has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market for more than four years and closed March 2008 with a 51.4% market share. The company operates flights to 42 Brazilian destinations. It serves 79 different destinations in the Brazilian market through commercial agreements with regional companies. Among Brazilian airline companies, TAM's international market share was 68.9% in March. Its international operations include direct flights to 17 destinations: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Caracas (Venezuela), Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), and Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia). Additionally, it has code share agreements with international airlines, which allow passengers to travel to another 64 destinations in the United States, South America and Europe. TAM was the first airline company to launch a loyalty program in Brazil; TAM's program currently has 4.5 million members and has redeemed more than 5.2 million tickets in exchange for points.