President of the Board at TAM is Named Personality of the Year In the United Kingdom

Maria Claudia Amaro, daughter of Commander Rolim Amaro, received the recognition from Britain's Brazilian Chamber of Commerce

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The President of the Board of Directors at TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM), Maria Claudia Amaro, was unanimously selected Personality of the Year in a vote by the members of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.

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The purpose of this award, given during a ceremony held yesterday (April 22), at The Dorchester hotel in London, is to honor the efforts of those who contribute to the strengthening of economic and commercial ties between Brazil and the United Kingdom. One of Maria Claudia's achievements was the launching of TAM's Brazil-London route in October 2006. Highlighted during the event were the company's cultural incentives in increasing British tourism to Brazil and economic development between the two countries.

Maria Claudia, president of TAM's Board of Directors since April of last year, is company administrator and daughter of Rolim Amaro, TAM's founder. In her acceptance speech, she recalled Commander Rolim's legacy and TAM's achievements in recent years, having achieved a market share of almost 70% of international flights operated by Brazilian companies.

"Our London route today represents one of the pillars of TAM's activity outside Brazil. We have made almost one thousand flights and carried more than 156,000 passengers in less than a year and a half," said Maria Claudia. "The TAM route to the British capital is one of the three most important routes in our international operations, along with New York and Frankfurt."

Peter Sutherland, Chairman of British Petroleum, also received the award. The President of Banco do Brasil, Antonio de Lima Neto, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, along with others, have been recognized in prior years.

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About TAM:

TAM (www.tam.com.br) has been the leader in the Brazilian domestic market for more than four years and closed March 2008 with a 51.4% market share. The company operates flights to 42 Brazilian destinations. It serves 79 different destinations in the Brazilian market through commercial agreements with regional companies. Among Brazilian airline companies, TAM's international market share was 68.9% in March. Its international operations include direct flights to 17 destinations: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Caracas (Venezuela), Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), and Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia). Additionally, it has code share agreements with international airlines, which allow passengers to travel to another 64 destinations in the United States, South America and Europe. TAM was the first airline company to launch a loyalty program in Brazil; TAM's program currently has 4.5 million members and has redeemed more than 5.2 million tickets in exchange for points.

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