TAM Airlines is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group. LATAM Boeing 767 PT-MSS landing at London Heathrow Airport. The magic red carpet slogan
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 by market share and fleet size, though it is not a flag carrier. 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 of the domestic and of the international market shares in terms of passengers per kilometre 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 On June 16, 2005, TAM announced the purchase of 20 additional Airbus A320 family aircraft (including the models A319, A320 and A321), plus an additional 20 options. These are expected to be delivered between late 2007 and 2010, adding to the already scheduled delivery of 6 A320s between 2006 and 2008. At the same time, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus stating its intent to buy 10 of the new Airbus A350-900 (plus 5 options), with deliveries due to commence at the end of 2014. In 2013, TAM announced the phase out of the 3 Boeing 767 it operates, but it later changed plans and decided to keep the aircraft and bring 6 more newer aircraft from LAN Airlines. 767 PT-MSS pictured here is one such aircraft, seen landing at Heathrow
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