TAM Receives 33rd Aircraft this Year

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) received its second Airbus A330-200 today directly from the Toulouse factory. The company received the first at the beginning of this month. One of these new aircraft will be used starting December 21 for the daily flight to Madrid, Spain, the fifth European destination served by TAM. TAM has now added a record 33 aircraft to its fleet in 2007.

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The two new Airbus A330 are configured according to a new concept created by TAM for aircraft making long international flights, and will have four exclusive seats in First Class, 36 in Executive and 183 in Economy. Taking into account these two new planes and the 13 units (F-100 and Airbus) returned to lessors during the year, TAM will have an operating fleet of 110 aircraft, 101 of them Airbuses.

TAM received the largest number of new aircraft of all airlines from Airbus factories in 2007, according to the French manufacturer, even exceeding Chinese and Indian competitors. TAM's current fleet plan foresees the company closing out next year with 123 planes in operation.

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About TAM:

TAM (www.tam.com.br) has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market for more than four years, and held a 49.9% domestic market share and 73.2% international market share at the end of November 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.