TAM Airlines was named the Best Airline South America at the 2011 World Airline Awards, in a ceremony held in the French Air and Space Museum at the Paris Air Show.

The runners-up in this Best Airline South America category are LAN Airlines taking 2nd place in this category, ahead of Avianca.

Best Airline South America 1 TAM Airlines 2 LAN Airlines 3 Avianca Voted by over 18.8 million airline passengers from 100 different nationalities, the World Airline Awards are the most prestigious quality recognition of front-line product and service standards for the world airline industry. With 200 airlines featured, the awards measure customer satisfaction levels across 38 different items of airline front-line product and service.

TAM AIRLINES, Mr Líbano Barroso, CEO of TAM "We are becoming increasingly consolidated among the major airlines in the worldwide aviation market. Receiving this recognition at Paris Air Show as the best airline in South America and also by our staff service excellence makes us feel especially proud, mainly because the winners of the World Airline Awards are chosen by the passengers", celebrates Líbano Barroso, CEO of TAM, who received the homage at Le Bourget.

	Mr Edward Plaisted - CEO, SKYTRAX
“TAM has performed consistently in the Best Airline South America category in previous years and we congratulate them for their top place finish in 2011. Having moved up the global rankings this year, we now see TAM ranked amongst the top-25 airlines in the world. The win in the Staff Service Excellence South America category adds further weight behind the fact that TAM is now providing a passengers with an excellent experience on the ground and in the air.”