LATAM Airlines Brasil

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

LATAM Airlines Brazil (Portuguese: [LATAM Airlines Brasil] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is Brazilian airline. LATAM 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 pilots buys 33% of the airline's shares. In 1976, the pilot founds an airline with the name Transportes Aereos Regionais (Regional Air Transport). ^[3] Both TAM and TAR Airlines were combined in 2000. ^[4] This formed the TAM Airlines. In 2010, LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines were also combined. They formed the LATAM Airlines Group. ^[5]

Gallery

A TAM Fokker 100. The airline used to own 51 of these airplanes. ^[2]
A TAM Airbus A340 at Frankfurt Airport
The crash site of a TAM Airlines airplane in 2007. ^[6] ^[7]
Airbus A350-900 of LATAM Airlines Brazil
Airbus A321-231 of TAM

LATAM Airlines Brasil Media

TAM's former headquarters, located at Congonhas Airport.
A departures board showing a TAM flight at Miami International Airport in August 2010
TAM's last logo (2008-2016) before merging with LAN Airlines
A former LATAM Brasil Airbus A350-900 approaching Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 2016
LATAM Brasil Airbus A320neo.
LATAM Brasil Airbus A321-200 in former oneworld livery.
LATAM Brasil Boeing 777-300ER in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge/Disney World livery.
TAM Airlines Airbus A319 taxiing at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, February 2019.
This building across the street from Congonhas-São Paulo Airport and the fuel station seen to the left of it were completely destroyed in a 2007 accident. The building used to host offices and a warehouse for the TAM Express service. A memorial garden and monument now stand at the site.