Milestone Reached on Sunday as passengers returned from year-end holidays; 85% occupancy on domestic and international flights
São Paulo – TAM set a new record of 112,568 passengers transported on domestic and international flights (including scheduled and chartered flights) in a single day, this past Sunday, Jan. 4, on the return from the year-end holidays, according to preliminary company data. Airplanes were filled to 85% of capacity.
„We achieved this important milestone while maintaining excellent punctuality and regularity indices for our flights throughout the entire year-end holiday period, the result of the dedicated, competent work of our teams,“ said Captain David Barioni Neto, TAM’s president.
The previous one-day record was set by the company on March 24, 2008, after the Easter holiday, when 100,500 passengers took domestic and international flights operated by TAM. Average occupancy that day was 81.2%.
