TAM Linhas Aéreas (São Paulo Congonhas) has begun revenue A350-900 operations after its sole aircraft of the type - PR-XTA (cn 24) - completed its first commercial service between São Paulo Guarulhos and Manaus International on Tuesday, January 25.
Once crew training and familiarization flights have been completed, the LATAM Airlines Group unit plans to deploy the twinjet on international flights to Miami International in March followed by Madrid Barajas in April.
TAM has a total of twenty-seven A350 Family aircraft on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) including fifteen A350-900s and twelve A350-1000s.
