TAM and Lufthansa to Initiate Codeshare Agreement on August 18

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) and Lufthansa are going to initiate their codeshare agreement on domestic and international routes on August 18. This partnership will allow the two companies to offer more choices of flights to passengers flying between Brazil and Germany, as well as for connections in the two countries. Flights to destinations included in this agreement are already available on the ticket sales systems of both companies.

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With this codeshare agreement, TAM clients can purchase their tickets for flights operated by Lufthansa departing from Sao Paulo to Frankfurt and Munich (Germany). Connections are available leaving from Frankfurt to other destinations in Germany such as Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Munich.

Lufthansa passengers, for their part, can take the daily TAM flight between Frankfurt and Sao Paulo and, in Brazil, make connections to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.

"The synergy of services between TAM and Lufthansa will make it possible for the two companies to expand the advantages offered to customers, stimulating the traffic of passengers between Brazil and Germany," states TAM's Vice President for Planning and Alliances, Paulo Castello Branco.

"The codeshare agreement with TAM as our strong partner allows our passengers to avail themselves of immediate connections in Brazil. The passenger can make the reservation to the final destination, and there are more flights to choose from," says Gotz Ahmelmann, Vice President for Alliances, Strategies and Participations at Lufthansa Passage.

Since February, TAM and Lufthansa passengers have been able to accumulate and redeem points in TAM's Programa Fidelidade frequent flyer program, as well as miles from Miles & More on flights offered by both companies. The integration of the frequent flyer programs and the codeshare agreement comprise part of the partnership agreement signed between TAM and Lufthansa last year, with the aim of expanding services offered to customers.

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About TAM:

TAM (www.tam.com.br) has been the domestic market leader since July of 2003, and closed May 2008 with a 49.3% of market share. The company flies to 42 destinations in Brazil. With business agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 79 different destinations in the country. TAM's market share among Brazilian companies that operate international flights stood at 74.3% in May. Operations abroad include TAM flights to 16 destinations in the United States, Europe and South America: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela). It has code-share agreements that make possible the sharing of seats on flights with international airlines, enabling passengers to travel to 64 other destinations in the U.S., Europe and South America.

About Lufthansa

Currently, the Lufthansa group (www.lufthansa.com) offers 21 weekly flights between Sao Paulo and its three hubs in Frankfurt and Munich (Lufthansa), as well as Zurich (SWISS). Passengers traveling from Brazil's economic metropolis arrive at their destinations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa with only one stop and brief layover periods. Lufthansa provides service to 192 destinations in 78 countries, and last year broke a new record for passengers flown, carrying 62.9 million people.