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TAM Sets Record at More than 112,000 Passengers Transported in a Single Day

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

January 7, 2009

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Milestone Reached on Sunday as passengers returned from year-end holidays; 85% occupancy on domestic and international flights

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TAM (NYSE: TAM and Bovespa: TAMM4) set a new record of 112,568 passengers transported on domestic and international flights (including scheduled and chartered flights) in a single day, this past Sunday, Jan. 4, on the return from the year-end holidays, according to preliminary company data. Airplanes were filled to 85% of capacity.

“We achieved this important milestone while maintaining excellent punctuality and regularity indices for our flights throughout the entire year-end holiday period — the result of the dedicated, competent work of our teams,” said Captain David Barioni Neto, TAM’s president.

The previous one-day record was set by the company on March 24, 2008, after the Easter holiday, when 100,500 passengers took domestic and international flights operated by TAM. Average occupancy that day was 81.2%.

TAM is currently the leader in both the domestic market and international flight segment operated by Brazilian airlines. In the period January-November 2008, TAM’s market share for domestic flights was 50.4%, and for international flights, 74.3%.

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