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TAM Maintains Leadership in Domestic and International Markets

Dépèche transmise le 15 mai 2009 par PRNewswire

SAO PAULO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) released the operating data for April 2009 today.

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Our domestic demand, measured in RPKs, presented 6.5% growth compared to the same period last year, and 10.6% increase in domestic supply, measured in ASK. In April, market demand increased 2.0% and market supply increased 6.7%. We registered domestic market share (RPK) of 49.2%, a 2.1 p.p. increase compared to the same period in 2008. Our domestic load factor was 64.1%, 1.1 p.p. higher than the market average of 63.0%.

In the international market, we registered 23.2% growth in demand and 25.2% in supply, compared to April 2008. We attained market share of 86.2%, representing 13.8 p.p. growth year on year. We attained 72.7% load factor, 4.0 p.p. higher than the market average of 68.6%.

Please find below our operating data for April: Operating data Apr-2009 Apr-2008 Var. % Domestic Market ASK (millions) - Supply 3,126 2,827 10.6% RPK (millions) - Demand 2,002 1,880 6.5% Load Factor 64.1% 66.5% 2.4 p.p. Market share 49.2% 47.1% 2.1 p.p. International Market ASK (millions) - Supply 2,036 1,626 25.2% RPK (millions) - Demand 1,479 1,200 23.2% Load Factor 72.7% 73.8% 1.2 p.p. Market share 86.2% 72.4% 13.8 p.p. Operating data Jan-Apr-2009 Jan-Apr-2008 Var. % Domestic Market ASK (millions) - Supply 12,852 11,293 13.8% RPK (millions) - Demand 8,245 7,898 4.4% Load Factor 64.2% 69.9% 5.8 p.p. Market share 49.5% 49.3% 0.2 p.p. International Market ASK (millions) - Supply 8,172 6,711 21.8% RPK (millions) - Demand 5,885 5,107 15.2% Load Factor 72.0% 76.1% 4.1 p.p. Market share 85.7% 68.8% 16.9 p.p.

CONTACT: Libano Miranda Barroso, TAM Investor Relations, +55-11-5582-9715,fax, +55-11-5582-8149, / Photo: NewsCom:http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/SPTH002LOGO