Brazil´s TAM Back on Track, Led Boarding Numbers last April

TAM S.A., Brazil´s largest airline company, had 73,917 passengers boarded last April in Guarulhos International Airport, in Sao Paulo, a 50 percent growth when compared to the 49,218 flights accomplished in the same period of 2005, according to data recently disclosed by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company.

Such performance allowed the company to conquer leadership in this airport, with a 36.9 percent share of total passengers boarded in April flying from Guarulhos.

April´s flights surpassed by 8 percent the 68,171 recorded in March. Over the past 12 months (May 2005 to April 2006), TAM transported a total of 774,244 passengers from Guarulhos Airport.

TAM offers 38 daily flights from Guarulhos airport, of which 28 are for 21 domestic destinations. The other 10 flights are international destinations to New York and Miami (U.S.), Paris (France), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile).