TAM Has International Market Share of 86.7% in June

Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:25am EDT
 
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Our domestic market share in June was 44.8%

SAO PAULO, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM
(NYSE: TAM, BOVESPA: TAMM4) announces its operating data for June 2009, as
disclosed by the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) today.
    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/SPTH002LOGO )
    Our domestic demand, measured in RPKs, presented 0.8% growth compared to
the same period last year, and 4.7% increase in domestic supply, measured in
ASK. In June, market demand increased 9.4% and market supply increased 11.9%.
We registered domestic market share (RPK) of 44.8%, a 3.8 p.p. decrease
compared to the same period in 2008. Our domestic load factor was 64.7%, 0.8
p.p. lower than the market average of 65.4%.
    In the international market, we registered 18.1% growth in RPK and 25.5%
in ASK, compared to June 2008. We attained market share of 86.7%, representing
11.4 p.p. growth year on year. We attained 68.3% load factor, 2.8 p.p. higher
than the market average of 65.5%.
    Please find below our operating data for June:

    Operating data              Jun-2009      Jun-2008         Var. %

    Domestic Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply     3,050          2,914            4.7%
     RPK (millions) - Demand     1,972          1,956            0.8%
     Load Factor                 64.7%          67.1%        -2.5 p.p.
     Market share                44.8%          48.6%        -3.8 p.p.

    International Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply     2,075          1,653           25.5%
     RPK (millions) - Demand     1,417          1,200           18.1%
     Load Factor                 68.3%          72.6%        -4.3 p.p.
     Market share                86.7%          75.3%        11.4 p.p.


    Operating data           Jan-Jun-2009   Jan-Jun-2008       Var. %

    Domestic Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply    19,106         17,094           11.8%
     RPK (millions) - Demand    12,034         11,964            0.6%
     Load Factor                 63.0%          70.0%        -7.0 p.p.
     Market share                47.9%          49.2%        -1.3 p.p.

    International Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply    12,354         10,039           23.1%
     RPK (millions) - Demand     8,684          7,554           15.0%
     Load Factor                 70.3%          75.2%        -5.0 p.p.
     Market share                86.0%          70.6%        15.4 p.p.


    Operating data               2Q09           2Q08            Var. %

    Domestic Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply     9,380          8,627             8.7%
     RPK (millions) - Demand     5,792          5,945            -2.6%
     Load Factor                 61.7%          68.9%         -7.2 p.p.
     Market share                46.2%          48.3%         -2.1 p.p.

    International Market
     ASK (millions) - Supply     6,218          4,954            25.5%
     RPK (millions) - Demand     4,278          3,648            17.3%
     Load Factor                 68.8%          73.6%         -4.8 p.p.
     Market share                86.6%          74.0%         12.6 p.p.


SOURCE  TAM

Libano Miranda Barroso, TAM Investor Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, fax,
+011-55-11-5582-8149, invest@tam.com.br

 

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