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Change in TAM's Board of Directors

Dépèche transmise le 20 novembre 2009 par PRNewswire

SAO PAULO, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- TAM in an Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held today, accepted the resignation of Flavia Turci and approved Emilio Romano's election as the new Member of TAM's Board.

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Emilio Romano is currently the President & CEO of Grupo Puerta Alameda (GPA), a Mexican real estate development company, and was the CEO of Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion between 2004 and 2007.

Maria Claudia Oliveira Amaro will remain President of the Board, with Mauricio Rolim Amaro as Vice President, positions that both have held since April 2007.

Investor Relations: Phone: +55-11-5582-9715 Fax: +55-11-5582-8149 [email protected] http://www.tam.com.br/ir Media Relations: http://www.tam.com.br http://www.taminforma.com.br MVL Comunicacao Phone: +55-11-3594-0328 [email protected]

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TAM has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market for more than four years, and held a 44.6% domestic market share and 86.8% international market share at the end of October 2009. TAM operates regular flights to 42 destinations throughout Brazil. It serves 79 different cities in the domestic market through regional alliances. Operations abroad include flights to 17 destinations in the United States, Europe and South America: New York , Miami and Orlando (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay), Caracas (Venezuela) and Lima (Peru). TAM has code-share agreements that allow 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. TAM was the first Brazilian airline company to launch a loyalty program. Currently, the program has over 6.1 million subscribers and has awarded more than 8.5 million tickets.

CONTACT: Libano Miranda Barroso, TAM Investor Relations,+55-11-5582-9715,fax, +55-11-5582-8149,