Domestic demand grows 39% in April

São Paulo, May 19, 2011 – (BM&FBOVESPA: TAMM4, NYSE: TAM). Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) disclosed today the operational data for the month of April 2011.

Domestic market
In the domestic market, which includes Pantanal’s data, we achieved a demand growth (in RPK) of 38.5%, combined with an increase of 18.6% in the supply (in ASKs), compared with April 2010, which led to an increase in the load factor of 10.5 p.p. to 73.2%. Our market share in the domestic market was 44.5%.

April’s performance confirms our plan to promote air travel to emerging classes, also influenced by the extended holiday of Tiradentes and Holy Week, increasing the number of leisure travelers.

April was marked by a series of records regarding the number of transported passengers in a single day. On April 25th, the return from the Holy Week holiday in Brazil, we transported over 136 thousand passengers. This is the highest number of passengers transported in only one day ever registered in our history. According to Infraero data, we maintained 83.8% punctuality and 98.7% regularity in domestic flights on the same day.

The domestic yield remained stable compared with the previous month showing the success of our strategy of maximizing RASK (revenue per available seat kilometers).

International market
In the international market, compared to the same month last year, we saw a rise of 36.1% in demand with a 20.2% increase in supply resulting in an increase of 9.8 p.p. in load factor reaching 84.2%. Our market share among Brazilian carriers in April was 89.1%.

On May 13th, 2011, we completed one year as a Star Alliance member. During this year, we could expand our services, offering a range of benefits to passengers stimulating the demand that are also encouraged by the appreciation of the real against the dollar.

The international yield in dollar remained stable compared to March 2011.