he president of Tam, David Barioni Neto, confirmed that the company will enter into a global alliance. The official announcement should be made within 30 days and will involve major executives of the alliance chosen.
"If they succeed in formalizing the contract during the Abav Fair in October would be very good. Within an alliance, the Tam would operate with its representation of 50% of the market for aviation in South America," stressed Barioni, to receive today (26/08) of trade, tourism journalists to a lunch in Sao Paulo.
"With this new bilateral agreement with South Africa can study the possibility of flights, but we have nothing planned," said David Barioni. He also confirmed for the end of the year the start of flights Rio de Janeiro and New York.