Type: Public
On the web: http://www.tam.com.br
Employees: 28,193
Employee growth: 16.1%

Whether your destination is the Amazonian rain forest or the beaches of Rio, TAM wants to take you there. Owning a fleet of about 130 aircraft, the low-fare Brazilian air carrier flies out of its hub city of São Paulo to about 20 international cities and 40 domestic locations; it reaches another 35 through regional alliances and subsidiary Mercosur. It flies to Portugal and other European destinations through codeshare agreements with major airlines and a partnership with Portuguese flagship carrier TAP. TAM holds about 50% of the domestic market carrying mostly business customers. In 2011 the company agreed to merge with Chilean regional airline LAN and form a new company, LATAM.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $6,811.3M
One year growth: 22.0%
Net income: $381.6M
Income growth: 53.2%

Officers:
Chairman: Maria Cláudia Oliveira Amaro Demenato
Director President, TAM S.A. and TAM Linhas Aéreas: Líbano M. Barroso
Operations Officer: Fernando Sporleder Jr.

Competitors:
AMR Corp.
Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
TACA

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