ANA TAM Tokyo to Sao Paulo code share flights

japan airlines ANA and TAM Airlines announced today that the two Star Alliance carriers will strengthen their relationship through a new code-sharing agreement beginning October 15, 2010, Connecting Tokyo and brazil with Seamless Travel

Both carriers will cooperate through code sharing to connect NRT LHR GRU Tokyo narita and Sao Paulo via London LHR. TAM Airlines will place its JJ flight code on ANA flights between Narita, Tokyo and Heathrow, London. ANA will place its NH flight code on TAM flights between Heathrow, London and Guarulhos international airport, Sao Paulo.

The code-sharing flights are as follows:

1) TAM brazil airlines Operated Flights
Sao Paulo-London JJ 8084 NH 5922 Daily
London–Sao Paulo JJ 8085 NH 5921 Daily

2) ANA Operated Flights
Narita-London NH201 JJ8341 Daily
London-Narita NH202 JJ8340 Daily


Since May 2010, members of both airlines’ frequent flyer programs, “ANA Mileage Club” and “TAM Fidelidade”, have already begun to accrue and redeem miles with either airline.

“The cooperation with TAM Airlines will enable us to connect Sao Paulo, South America’s largest business market, and All Nippon Airways major international hub in Tokyo narita, enhancing our position in the South American market. Through code-sharing service, both ANA and TAM Airlines will be able to offer their customers a greater opportunity to travel between Asia and South America,” said Keisuke Okada, ANA’s Executive Vice President, Alliances and International Affairs.

“We are strengthening our presence in Asia and we are very pleased with this partnership with ANA, allowing us to offer our customers a smooth and integrated travel experience”, said Paulo Castello Branco, TAM Airlines’ Vice President, Commercial and Planning, adding that recently TAM announce the expansion of its presence in the region through a new back office in Hong Kong.



TAM Airlines (www.tam.com.br/), a member of Star Alliance, leads the Brazilian domestic market since July 2003 and has ended the month of July with a 43% market share. The company flies to 44 destinations in Brazil. With the business agreements signed with regional companies, it goes to 88 different destinations in national territory. TAM’s market share among Brazilian airlines that operate international flights was of 82.7% in July. International flights include direct flights to 17 destinations in the United States, Europe and South America: New York, Miami and Orlando (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay), Caracas (Venezuela) and Lima (Peru). Furthermore it has codeshare agreements that allow sharing seats in flights with international companies, thus allowing passengers to travel to another 78 destinations in the USA, South America, Europe and Asia. The Star Alliance network, in turn, offers flights to 1172 airports in 181 countries. TAM is a pioneer in launching a loyalty program for the airline in Brazil. TAM Fidelidade has already distributed 10.8 million airplane tickets through point redemption and is part of the Multiplus, which now has 7.2 million members.