KLM and TAM expand codeshare cooperation to Rio de Janeiro

Brasilian airline TAM and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are to expand their existing codeshare cooperation from the start of the 2003 summer schedule.

The new contract enables KLM codesharing on TAM operated flights in Brasil between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from March 30, 2003. These flights KL 3000/3001 connect in São Paulo to KLM's five weekly return flights between Amsterdam and São Paulo. KLM and TAM already exploit succesfully a similar codeshare operation between São Paul and Buenos Aires in Argentina.