TAM, Lufthansa Ink Memorandum of Understanding

As a prelude to future cooperation, TAM and Lufthansa have signed a memorandum of understanding. In the coming months, the two airlines will be testing diverse forms of working together. As a first step, they are instituting codeshare flights on national and international routes.

Additionally, they are pondering the possibility of optimizing their flight schedules, pooling their frequent flyer programs and mutual access at each other’s airport lounges.

“We are delighted to have found with TAM a professional and reliable partner in the Brazil growth market,” said Gotz Ahmelmann, Lufthansa Vice President Alliances, Strategy & Subsidiaries. “Both carriers are noted for innovation, quality and dependability. Cooperation which will shortly benefit our customers,” noted Jens Bischof, Lufthansa Vice President the Americas.

For Marco Antonio Bologna, TAM CEO, partnership with Lufthansa is part of corporate strategy aimed at forging alliances with leading airlines in target markets. “We will harness and expand potential synergies between the networks of the two airlines, and offer new flight options to customers both in Brazil and Germany.”

TAM Vice President Planning & Alliances Paulo Castello Branco, emphasized that the Brazilian carrier will then be acquiring a partner with an extensive range of services in the German market.