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TAM started flying on February 21, 1961, after a group of pilots, headed by Rolim Adolfo Amaro , began transporting passengers and cargo around the states of Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso. At the beginning, small Cessna types were used for the operation.
Captain Amaro became frustrated because he thought that the best way for the airline to be successful would be by the company's employees establishing direct contact with their customers. As a result of his beliefs he left TAM briefly to fly for another airline, named BCN. Soon after, he was able to buy a Cessna 170 with capability to fly three passengers.
In 1966 TAM was moved to São Paulo and was able to buy its first twin engine planes. Prior to that, the airline had been sold to the Ometto group, headed by Orlando Ometto , a personal friend of Amaro. Amaro was invited to re-join TAM in 1971 as a minority shareholder and chief of business by Ometto, and he brought back with him the idea that a company's personnel had to establish personal contact with the company's customers and started working towards the goal of making TAM a customer friendly airline almost immediately.
In 1973, TAM received the first radio-equipped planes in Brazil, 10 Cessna 402 planes, and in 1976, Amaro became the principal share holder, with 98 percent of the airline's stock belonging to him. In 1976 a secondary airline was established, when TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais began with one Bandeirante plane, Amaro holding 67 percent of the stock of the new company.
The airline maintained a slow but steady growth, and, in 1980, their first Fokker F-27 planes arrived, to be used on the regional routes to which the airline dedicated itself exclusively during that era. By 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, TAM had flown 1 million passengers, and that figure reached 2 million by 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe.
In 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa, an important development shaped the airline when it acquired rival VOTEC, earning access to areas in northern and central Brazil. The new acquisition would at first be named Brazil Central, but then its name was also submerged into that of TAM, becoming TAM Transportes Aéreos Meridionais.
In 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day., TAM flew its 3 millionth passenger.
In 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo, the airline entered the jet age, when it received two small Fokker-100 jets. In 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi, TAM carried its eight millionth passenger, and in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an TAM earned several awards, while Mr. Amaro was named the salesman of the year. TAM also established a small airline in ParaguayThe Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked republic in South America. Lying on both banks of the Paraguay River, it borders Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the northeast and Bolivia to the northwest. The name "Paraguay" is derived from the G that year, named ARPA, which now has turned into another TAM Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur.
In 1995, TAM won the award for the best regional airline in the world according to Air Transport World Magazine .
In 1996, TAM bought another air company, Helisul, which soon started using the trade name of TAM too, and in 1997, TAM ordered its first big jets, 45 planes from Airbus: 10 A330's, 4 A319's, and 34 A320's.
In 1997, the Airbuses began to be delivered and the airline flew its first international service, from São Paulo to Miami International Airport.
Two years later, in 1999, another milestone was reached by the airline, when services to Europe were inaugurated, through a code share service with Air France to Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris.
TAM currently also has made contracts with model airplane manufacturers like Schabak and Wooster, in an attempt to increase the company's visibility among international passengers.
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