TAM Airlines has taken delivery of the first of eight Boeing 777-300ER long-range widebody twinjets on firm order.
TAM is the first Latin American airline to operate the General Electric GE90-powered 777-300ER, and the delivery also marks the Brazilian carrier's first acquisition of a new Boeing aircraft.
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Source: Flight International
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