TAM Maintains Leadership in Domestic and International Markets

Our International Market Share in April was 86.2% and 49.2% in the Domestic Market 


SAO PAULO, May 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (NYSE: TAM; BOVESPA: TAMM4) 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.


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