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SÃO PAULO, JULY 11, 2012 – GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B+, Fitch: B+, Moody`s: B3), the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Latin America, hereby announces it has just restructured its international route network. The new direct flights will depart from Guarulhos to Montevideo (Uruguay), Asunción (Paraguay) and Santa Cruz de La Sierra (Bolivia).
“These operations were strategically planned to increasingly bring more benefits to our clients in the form of broader coverage, flexible schedules, speed and safety,” says GOL’s Chief Commercial Officer Eduardo Bernardes. “Some of these flights will go operational this month but the majority of them are scheduled for August.”
Under the new route network, Montevideo will get a new direct daily flight from São Paulo. Earlier, clients had to make a stopover in Porto Alegre. Asunción, which previously was served by flights with stopover in Curitiba, will now have a direct flight from São Paulo.
Argentina, where GOL is already the leader in frequencies to and from Brazil, also gets new flights - the number of flights between Porto Alegre and Ezeiza has been doubled, while the flight schedule between Buenos Aires and Florianopolis has been improved. In addition, a new flight has been launched between Viracopos and Ezeiza - the first of its kind in Brazil. With a stopover in Curitiba, this new flight will bring greater convenience to travelers from the interior of São Paulo, besides serving as a direct flight option for fliers from Paraná to Argentina.
Finally, to complete its new route network, the company also increased the frequency on Saturdays and Sundays between Santa Cruz de La Sierra and Campo Grande, and has launched direct flights between La Paz and São Paulo.
The tables below provide more details on the operations:
Montevideo – Scheduled for August 15 | |||||
Flight |
Frequency |
Origin |
Time* |
Destination |
Time* |
7630 |
Daily |
Guarulhos |
10:25 am |
Montevideo |
1:10 pm |
7631 |
Daily |
Montevideo |
2:10 pm |
Guarulhos |
4:35 pm |
Asunción - Scheduled for August 15 | |||||
Flight |
Frequency |
Origin |
Time* |
Destination |
Time* |
7480 |
Daily |
Guarulhos |
1:05 pm |
Asunción |
1:50 pm |
7481 |
Daily |
Asunción |
2:30 pm |
Guarulhos |
5:25 pm |
Ezeiza - Scheduled for August 15 | |||||
Flight |
Frequency |
Origin |
Time* |
Destination |
Time* |
7648 |
Monday through Friday and Sundays |
Porto Alegre |
11:38 am |
Ezeiza |
1:35 pm |
7649 |
Monday through Friday and Sundays |
Ezeiza |
2:15 pm |
Porto Alegre |
4:00 pm |
7496 |
Monday through Saturdays |
Viracopos |
9:15 am |
Curitiba |
10:25 am |
7496 |
Monday through Saturdays |
Curitiba |
11:05 am |
Ezeiza |
1:25 pm |
7498 |
Sundays |
Viracopos |
9:17 am |
Curitiba |
10:25 am |
7498 |
Sundays |
Curitiba |
11:05 am |
Ezeiza |
1:25 pm |
7497 |
Daily |
Ezeiza |
2:20 pm |
Curitiba |
4:30 pm |
7497 |
Daily |
Curitiba |
5:00 pm |
Viracopos |
6:13 pm |
7691 |
Daily |
Florianopolis |
2:55 pm |
Ezeiza |
5:20 pm |
7690 |
Daily |
Ezeiza |
12:20 pm |
Florianopolis |
2:14 pm |
Santa Cruz de La Sierra – Scheduled for July 7 until August 31 | |||||
Flight |
Frequency |
Origin |
Time* |
Destination |
Time* |
7460 |
Daily |
Guarulhos |
10:10 pm |
Campo Grande |
11:00 pm |
7460 |
Daily |
Campo Grande |
11:35 pm |
Guarulhos |
1:20 am |
7461 |
Daily |
Viru Viru |
4:40 am |
Campo Grande |
6:20 am |
7461 |
Daily |
Campo Grande |
7:00 am |
Guarulhos |
9:40 am |
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Scheduled for September | |||||
Flight |
Frequency |
Origin |
Time* |
Destination |
Time* |
7600 |
Daily |
Guarulhos |
11:00 am |
Viru Viru |
12:50 pm |
7601 |
Daily |
Viru Viru |
2:20 pm |
Guarulhos |
5:10 pm |
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ABOUT GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
u GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, offers around 810 daily flights to 63 destinations in Brazil and 13 in South America and the Caribbean under the GOL and VARIG brands, using a young, modern fleet of Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 Next Generation aircraft, the safest, most efficient and most economical of their type. It also offers its clients a further 12 Brazilian destinations through agreements with local regional airlines. In addition, the SMILES loyalty program, the biggest in Brazil, allows members to accumulate miles and redeem tickets to more than 560 locations around the world via flights with foreign partner airlines. The Company also operates Gollog, a logistics service which retrieves and delivers cargo and packages to and from more than 1800 cities in Brazil and eight abroad. With its portfolio of innovative products and services, GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes offers the best cost-benefit ratio in the market.
ABOUT WEBJET LINHAS AÉREAS S.A.
u Webjet Linhas Aéreas S.A., controlled by VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A., offers around 140 daily flights to 18 Brazilian destinations, using a fleet of Boeing 737-300 and 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. In July 2011, GOL announced the acquisition of Webjet. The two companies continue to operate separately and are awaiting the transaction’s approval by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), Brazil’s antitrust authority.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the prospects of the business, estimates for operating and financial results, and those related to growth prospects of GOL. These are merely projections and, as such, are based exclusively on the expectations of GOL’s management. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on external factors, in addition to the risks disclosed in GOL’s filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice.
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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira | |
Name: Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira
Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer |
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