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Photo taken by: Fernando Canteras de Assis
Route: Rio de Janeiro Galeão - São Paulo Congonhas, 10 Jan 2006
Ticket price: R$140 plus taxes
Flight duration: 0h 40m
Class: economy
Aircraft: A320 PR-MAP
Meal: Breakfast - Toasts, crackers, milk cookies and strawberry jam
Drink: Coke
Comments: TAM has really done some cutting on its inflight service that used to be much better
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

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Photo taken by: Jose Vinicius Garcia Correa
Route: Rio de Janeiro - Galeao (GIG) - Sao Paulo - Congonhas (CGH), 18 Feb 2006
Ticket price: US$ 90.00
Flight duration: 0h 45m
Class: one class only
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Meal: Breakfast - Toats, Cheese (requeijão flavored), Strawberry jam and cookies.
Drink:
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5

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Photo taken by: Mario Matsukura
Route: Sao Paulo - Buenos Aires, 2 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 50m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A-320
Meal: Breakfast - Bread, butter, biscuits, fruits, lettuce, smoked turkey breast, cheese sandwich.
Drink: Orange Juice
Comments: no comments...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

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Photo taken by: Mario Matsukura
Route: Belem (PA) - Congonhas (SP), 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 5h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A-320
Meal: Lunch - Sandwich (Pastrami and cheese)
Drink: Orange Juice / Water
Comments: Very trash!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

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Photo taken by: Carlos Eduardo Hanashiro
Route: Rio de Janeiro, Santos Dumont (SDU) - São Paulo, Congonhas (CGH) (SDU/CGH Shuttle) , 03 May 2005
Ticket price: 119 BRL (~ 47 USD) One Way
Flight duration: 0h50m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 PR-MAL All Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Ham and Cream cheese snack
Drink: Guaraná Kuat
Comments: Nice Snack such a short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Sony Cybershot P-41

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Photo taken by: Climério de Mendonça
Route: JJ 3538 São Paulo (CGH) Rio de Janeiro (GIG) Belém (BEL), 29 May 2005
Ticket price: R$-393,50
Flight duration: 5 h 20 min (started 20:30 h / 8:20 pm)
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: One snack and more other snack
Contents of the meal: At 1st. step (40 min) a bad hot sandwich and Pepsi Cola Light. At 2nd. step a hot turkey ham, cheese sandwich, very fresh bread and tasty. Candies before every step.
Drink: Pepsi Cola Light and orange juice, coffee. On the trolley more Pepsi Cola, Guaraná Antartica, Guaraná Antartica Diet, orange jice, guava juica and coffee.
Comments: The first sandwich was bad, the second very savory but ever without a plate or a try. Too poor for a no LCLF company and my hungry. Very nice the half light at the service time 22:00 h (10:00 am).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6 for all.
Camera brand & type: Olympus, D-540 Zoon

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Photo taken by: Carlos Eduardo Hanashiro
Route: São Paulo, Congonhas (CGH) to Rio de Janeiro, Santos Dumont (SDU) (SDU/CGH Shuttle) , date: 09 April 2005
Ticket price: 288 BRL (~100 USD) for SDU-CGH-RAO Roundtrip
Flight duration: 0h50m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 PT-MZH All Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: A Hot Turkey Ham, cheese and creamy cheese snack
Drink: Guarana
Comments: Delicious!! cool for a short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P41

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Photo taken by: Carlos Eduardo Hanashiro
Route: Ribeirão Preto (RAO) to São Paulo, Congonhas (CGH)
date: 09 April 2005
Ticket price: 288 BRL (~100 USD) for SDU-CGH-RAO Roundtrip
Flight duration: 0h40m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 PT-MZH
Business or leisure trip: Leirure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: A hot ham and cheese snack
Drink: Guarana
Comments: Much better that meal in inbound flight, delicious snack but tiny but i cannot complain cuz it's a low fare
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P41

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Photo taken by: Carlos Eduardo Hanashiro
Route: São Paulo,Congonhas (CGH) to Ribeirão Preto (RAO)
date: 08 April 2005
Ticket price: 288 BRL (~100 USD) for SDU-CGH-RAO Roundtrip
Flight duration: 0h40m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 PT-MZB All Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack ????
Contents of the meal: just peanuts
Drink: Guaraná
Comments: TAM is being low-fare now, look at the meals on same route one or two years ago
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P41

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Photo taken by: Carlos Eduardo Hanashiro
Route: Rio de Janeiro, Santos Dumont (SDU) - São Paulo, Congonhas (CGH) (SDU/CGH Shuttle) , date: 08 April 2005
Ticket price: 288 BRL (~100 USD) SDU-CGH-RAO Roundtrip
Flight duration: 0h50m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 PT-MZA All Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Turkey Ham and Cream cheese snack
Drink: Guaraná Kuat
Comments: Nice Snack such a short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: ALBERTO GAITAN
Route: SAO PAULO/BUENOS AIRES , date: 12 April 2005
Ticket price: u$ 350 (from Miami)
Flight duration: 2.30 HS.
Aircraft type & class: A320-Econnomy
Business or leisure trip:BUSINESS
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal:Ham and Cheese hot Sandwich.
Crackers/Bread/butter and ham slices with cheese.
Papaya and Melon slices.
Drink: Pepsi-Coffe
Comments: Considerable snack, much better than others
airlines.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: JVC GR-D30 Digitall DV Camcorder

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Photo taken by: ALBERTO GAITAN
Route: MIAMI/SAO PAULO , date: 14 April 2005
Ticket price: U$350
Flight duration: 7.50 Hs.
Aircraft type & class: A330-Econnomy
Business or leisure trip: BUSINESS
Meal type: BREAKFAST
Contents of the meal: Two creepes filled up with
scrambled eggs and topped with cheese. Slices of ham
and cheese. Yoghurt. Warm bread roll and butter.
Drink: Coffe, Pepsi
Comments: Good breakfast, very good creepes. TAM has
one of the bests cuttlery onboard the airlines, not
dangerous and nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: JVC GR-D30 Digitall DV Camcorder

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Photo taken by: ALBERTO GAITAN
Route:MIAMI/SAO PAULO , date: 11 April 2005
Ticket price: u$ 350
Flight duration: 7.50 Hs
Aircraft type & class: A330-Econnomy
Business or leisure trip: BUSINESS
Meal type: DINER
Contents of the meal: Tomato and lettuce salad
(italian dressing) Ricotta cheese and spinach canelone
(pasta)with tomato sauce, bread and butter, Chocolate
cake.
Drink: Guarana and Pepsi
Comments: Canelone were very good and hot. Nice
service including the warm bread, the variety of
drinks and liquors/coffe after diner... but few
quantity of food.......
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.50
Camera brand & type: JVC GR-D30 Digital DV Camcorder.

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Photo taken by: Climério de Mendonça
Route: Belém (BEL) – Marabá (MAB) - Brasília (BSB). RG 3719, 4 Mar 2005
Ticket price: R$-408,00
Flight duration: 30 minutes more 1 h 50 minutes.
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320. Economy.
Business or leisure trip: business.
Meal type: Snack.
Contents of the meal: Only drinks in first step, orange juice, coffee and milk. Toast, cheese (requeijão flavored), strawberry jam, cereal bar filled with guava jam.
Drink: Pepsi Light , coffee and milk. In the trolley Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola Light, Guaraná Antartica and Guaraná Antartica Diet, mineral water, orange juice light guava juice. Ever candies before flight.
Comments: Good snack for a (3:45 h /3:45 am) short flight in first step. Good sank like a breakfast too early morning (4:55 h/4:55 am) second step. All meals under half light, very good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for meal, 10 for crew
Camera brand & type: Olympus 540 ZOON.

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Photo taken by: Climério de Mendonça
Route: Santarém (STM) - Belém (BEL). RG 3891, 9 Feb 2005
Ticket price: R$-250,00
Flight duration: 50 minutes.
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100. Economy.
Business or leisure trip: leisure.
Meal type: Snack.
Contents of the meal: Butter toffees before flight. In flight, without a try. a very bad sandwich perhaps filled with cheese and ham.
Drink: Pepsi Cola Light. In the trolley Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola Light, Guaraná Antartica and Guaraná Antartica Diet, orange juice light guava juice.
Comments: Snack for 16:55 h /4:55 pm short flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1 for sandwich, 9 for drinks, meal, 9,5 for crew
Camera brand & type: Olympus 540 ZOON.

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Route: Buenos Aires Ezeiza - Sao Paulo Guarulhos, 27 Feb 2004
Flight duration: 2h26m
Aircraft type: Airbus A320
Class: Business, leisure trip
Meal type: Lunch
*Seafood terrine with quail eggs
*Chicken broth with cubes of chicken
*Peppered shrimp with linguine
*Cinnamon ice cream
Drinks: Chilean Merlot, water
Comments: A satisfying meal. I particularly like the china TAM uses (I almost wanted to take them with me). The shrimp was actually quite spicy - but good. I liked the ice cream but it took a while for it to thaw so that I could eat it. Very good and professional service from FAs and I like the seats on the A320s.
Rating: 8

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Photo taken by: Climério de Mendonça
Route: Rio de Janeiro (GIG) – Brasília (BSB) – Belém (BEL). RG 3826/RG 3448, 1 Jan 2005
Ticket price: R$-896,00
Flight duration: 1 h 45’ + 2 h 20’.
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320. Economy.
Business or leisure trip: leisure.
Meal type: Fist step snack. Second step dinner.
Contents of the meal: Fist step: Snack served in a nice try with hot croissant filled with chicken and spinach. A salad with lettuce slices of kani sticks, a single seedless green olive, provolone and “prato” Brazilian cheeses cubes, one cashew nuts nougat (Torreone). Second step, dinner (20:10 h), one sandwich, filled with turkey ham and cheese, served directly over table.
Drink: First step: coconut water and after service, coffee. Second step: Pepsi Cola Light But ever in the trolley Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola Light, Guaraná Antartica and Guaraná Antartica Diet, coconut water, mineral water, orange juice and mango juice.
Comments: Good snack at first step. But the sandwich dinner “rested” directly over the table at second step of the trip for a hungry passenger, flying 2 h 20’, after a fast connection, was disrespect on customer.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 for meal at first step, 2 for the meal at second step, 8 for crew in all flights.
Camera brand & type: Olympus 540 ZOON.

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Photo taken by: Nadir Olgacay
Route: Buenos Aires - Asunsion, 31 Jul 2004
Ticket price: usd 240
Flight duration: 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: breakfast
Comments: It was surprisingly strong breakfast, economy had nice leather seats
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: minolta X

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Photo taken by: Douglas Cabral Garcia
Route: Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Brasilia (BSB), Brazil, 31 Aug 2004
Flight Duration: 1:40 hrs
Aircraft: Airbus A319, coach
Business trip
Meal tipe: breakfast (2 toasts, small bun, jam, small portion of cheese, coffee or juice)
Comments: Not enough for hungry people on an early morning flight who surely din't have time to have their breakfast before leaving home.
Rating: 4
Camera: Nikon F601

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Photo taken by: João Marcos Lessa
Route: Goiânia Belém (Brazil), 30 Jul 2004
Ticket price: 674,28 Reais
Flight duration: 2h 37min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A320 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal: Breakfast
Hot Cheese Sandwich
Drink: Pepsi
Comments: Too small…
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Canon A60, AUTO mode, 1600x1200 superfine

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Photo taken by: Hiroshi
Flying from São Paulo Congonhas Ribeirão Preto (RAO), 30 Aug 2003
Ticket price: 20.000 Varig "smiles" miles, round-trip e-ticket.
Flight duration: 38 min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319, economy (single class)
Meal: breakfast (?) - hot cheese sandwich, banana cereal bar
Drink: No Coca-cola available. Got orange juice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 for the sandwich (tasty, but tiny),
0 for freedom of choice of drinks onboard

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Meal: Hot snack - Open-face grilled cheese and ham sandwich, assorted vegetables with cottage cheese (?), crackers and processed cheese, and Brazilian pudding (coconut with prune).
Drink: Chilean white wine
Comments: "Despite the looks the sandwich smelled and tasted great! I could have done without that cottage cheese concoction but the dessert (a typical Brazilian dessert) is one of my favourites! Impressed the airline offers such quality meals for such short flights and in economy!"
Rating: 7

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Flying from: Sao Paulo-Guarulhos to Foz do Iguaçu, 2 January 2003
Flight duration: 1h30
Aircraft type: Airbus A320, Economy
Meal Type: Lunch - Chicken breast with spinach and stewed vegetables, green salad with shrimp, bread and processed cheese, and cheesecake (?) dessert.
Drink: Chilean red wine
Comments: "Chicken breast was remarkably tender and tasty. Salad was fine with lime juice since no dressing. Dessert nothing spectacular."
Ratings: 6

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Flying from: Rio de Janeiro-Galeao to Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, 2 January 2003
Flight Duration: 00h45
Aircraft type: Airbus A320, Economy
Meal: Lunch - A nicely presented lunch box with a cream cheese sandwich, a slice of ham with olive, grape and Japanese rice crackers, processed cheese with crackers and sweet petit-fours.
Drink: Chilean white wine
Comments: "OK for such a short flight. Couldn't figure out what was in the cream cheese sandwich."
Rating: 6

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Photo taken by: Gianfranco Beting
Flying from: CGH (Congonhas Int'l, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil) to RAO (Leite Lopes Airport, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil), 9 October 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Snack - A cold ham-cream and cheese sandwich, fruits (tangerine, melon and papaya), toasts, cream cheese, chocolate sweet, butter, salt.
Drink: Water, sodas, coffee.
Comments: "The snack was served in a nicely-made lunchbox: same typology of the spring advertisements, nice photo, with a relief artwork. The food was excellent. It was really nice for a 35-minute flight."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9