TEAM Linhas Aéreas

TEAM Linhas Aéreas (Transportes Especiais Aéreos e Malotes) is an airline based at Jacarepaguá Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Code data

*ICAO Code: TIM
*Callsign: TEAM BRASIL

The company

The company's main objective is to operate in the market of regional flights, connecting Rio de Janeiro to the several cities.

The company has two L-410 UVP-E20 planes (PR-IMO and PR-AIA, for 19 passengers). TEAM Airlines is currently operating to 8 cities in 3 Brazilian States, providing both passengers and cargo transportation.

Created in 2001 as a charter company to render services for oil companies in Campos Basin (RJ), TEAM began to operate as an Air Transportation Company in the same year, between the airports of Santos Dumont (RJ), Macaé (RJ) and Campos (RJ).

Incidents and accidents

In 31st of March, 2006 TEAM had a fatal accident.TEAM Flight 6865 departed Macaé (MEA) at 17:19 on a scheduled flight to Rio de Janeiro (SDU). The airplane PT-FSE was expected to arrive at 18:02. Contact was lost and the flight appeared to have crashed between the cities of Saquarema and Rio Bonito. All 19 people onboard died. [ [http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=03312006&reg=PT-FSE&airline=TEAM+Transportes+A%E9reos Airdisaster.com report] ]

Destinations

TEAM operates services to the following domestic destinations:

*Angra dos Reis
*Búzios
*Campos
*Macaé
*Rio de Janeiro Hub
*São José dos Campos
*Vitória

External links

* [http://www.voeteam.com.br/ TEAM] pt icon

References