EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 18, 2008 -- The first of eight 777-300ER jetliners ordered by TAM Airlines, Brazil's largest airline, left Paine Field for Sao Paulo yesterday. TAM is the first Latin American airline to operate the 777-300ER, the world's largest, long-range, twin-engine jetliner, powered by General Electric's GE-90 Series engines. The delivery also marks TAM's first acquisition of a new Boeing [NYSE: BA] airplane.
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