TAM Airlines Facts for Kids

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TAM Airlines

Founded	1961
Hubs	São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília
Fleet size	164
Headquarters	São Paulo
Website	[1]

TAM Airlines (Portuguese: TAM Linhas Aéreas) is Brazilian airline. TAM was an abbreviation of Taxi Aéreo Marília, Air Taxis of Marília. Marilia is a town in rural São Paulo State.

TAM was founded in 1961, but since 2000 it has grown fast. It's now the biggest airline in Brazil and all of Latin America.

History

TAM Airlines began in 1961, with the name Taxi Aereo Marília (Marília Air Taxi). In 1971, one of the airline's pilot's buys 33% of the airline's shares. In 1976, the pilot founds an airline with the name Transportes Aereos Regionais (Regional Air Transport). Both TAM and TAR Airlines were combined in 2000. This formed the TAM Airlines that we know of today. In 2010, LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines were also combined. They formed the LATAM Airlines Group.

Images for kids

A TAM Fokker 100. The airline used to own 51 of these airplanes.
A TAM Airbus A340 at Frankfurt Airport
The crash site of a TAM Airlines airplane in 2007.
The headquarters of TAM
A TAM Boeing 777-300ER taxiing at Frankfurt Airport.
TAM Airbus A319
A TAM plane before landing at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro.
A TAM Boeing 777-300ER taxiing at Frankfurt Airport.
A TAM Airlines Boeing 767-300ER with a special Walt Disney World livery at JFK Airport. (2016)
A Tam Airlines Airbus A350 at Madrid Barajas Airport in 2016.
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320neo at Salgado Filho International Airport in 2016.
LATAM VIP Lounge at São Paulo Guarulhos Airport
This building across from Congonhas-São Paulo Airport advertised TAM Airlines's TAM Express (now TAM Cargo) service, prior to the crash of TAM Airlines Flight 3054.

TAM Airlines facts for kids

History

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