LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM, Maputo) says it has signed an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for three B737 NextGen aircraft, tentatively due for delivery in 2015, 2016 and 2017. CEO Marlene Manave said the contract was signed in November last year. Under the terms of its current 5 Year Plan, LAM has set itself the goal of serving all Southern African Development Community (SADC) capitals by 2017 with flights to Cape Town International and Durban King Shaka due this year along with a connection between the Mozambican cities of Tete and Nampula to Blantyre and Lilongwe in Malawi. Windhoek International, Namibia is scheduled to begin in 2017. In addition, LAM is considering launching intercontinental flights to Rio de Janeiro International and São Paulo Guarulhos in Brazil in either 2016 or 2017 as LAM Internacional (Maputo).