TAM Airlines Reviews
TAM Airlines Reviews
TAM Airlines (Portuguese: TAM Linhas Aéreas) is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group. The merger of TAM with LAN Airlines was completed on June 22, 2012. The company is currently the largest Brazilian airline company by market share and fleet size.
Before the takeover, TAM was Brazil’s and Latin America’s largest airline. Its headquarters are in São Paulo, operating scheduled services to destinations within Brazil, as well as international flights to Europe and other parts of North and South America. Shares in the company were traded on the São Paulo Exchange (BM&F Bovespa) and New York Stock Exchange as “TAM”. Prior to the merger with LAN, the company closed its capital, transferring its shares to Latam Airlines Group. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), between January and December 2012 TAM had 40.79% of the domestic and 89.44% of the international market shares in terms of passengers per kilometre flown. Starting September 2010 statistics refer to the totality of TAM Group, comprising TAM Airlines and TAM (Paraguay). The airline has announced that it will withdraw from the Star Alliance and join Oneworld effective March 31, 2014. Furthermore, TAM Airlines maintains code-share agreements for international destinations with Star Alliance partners, Aeroméxico, and LAN Airlines, and in relation to German domestic destinations TAM has an agreement with Deutsche Bahn. TAM’s international codeshare network include connections from Frankfurt to destinations across Germany, France, Austria and Denmark with Lufthansa, connections from Miami and New York to Chicago and then other destinations within USA with United Airlines, flights from São Paulo to Canada, Portugal and domestic connections with Air Canada and TAP Portugal and also connecting flights to Tokyo and Beijing (from London and Madrid respectively) with All Nippon Airways and Air China. TAM also signed a codeshare agreement with Oneworld partner American Airlines with connections between Brazil and select U.S. cities such as Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Las Vegas, and Seattle.
The network of TAM Group (composed of TAM Airlines, and TAM Paraguay) covers Brazil, Paraguay, Europe, North and South America. TAM Fidelidade (TAM Loyalty) is the frequent flyer program of TAM Airlines.
