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São Paulo, September 29, 2015 - GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B-, Fitch: B-, Moody’s: B3), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, hereby announces its preliminary air traffic figures for August and year to date (8M15). Comparisons refer to the same period in 2014.
GOL Highlights
| GOL decreased domestic supply in August by 0.6%, in line with its forecast fall of between 2 and 4% in the second half, equivalent to a fall by up to 1% in 2015.
| Domestic demand reduced by 2.8% in the month, leading to a load factor of 76.1%, a drop of 1.7 p.p. compared to August 2014. Year to date, the increase is 4.7%, 2.0 p.p. higher over the same period in 2014, totaling 79.0% in 2015.
| The international market capacity increased by 2.2% and demand showed an improvement of 3.5% in the month, registering a load factor of 72.9%, up 1.0 p.p. compared to August 2014.
| We recorded a total of 3.1 million passengers transported in the month, a decrease of 7.5% compared to August 2014. Year to date, we transported 26.3 million passengers, 1.7% higher if compared to the same period 2014.
| The average applied fares in August were higher than those in the second quarter of 2015.
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About GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, offers around 900 daily flights to 73 destinations, 17 international, in South America, the Caribbean and the United States, 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. The SMILES loyalty program allows members to accumulate miles and redeem tickets to more than 700 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 3,500 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.
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Operating data* |
Aug/15 |
Aug/14 |
% Var. |
8M15 |
8M14 |
% Var. |
Aug/15 LTM |
Aug/15 LTM |
% Var. |
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Total System |
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ASK (mm) |
4,043 |
4,054 |
-0.3% |
33,436 |
32,468 |
3.0% |
50,472 |
49,085 |
2.8% |
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RPK (mm) |
3,059 |
3,123 |
-2.0% |
26,085 |
24,771 |
5.3% |
39,398 |
37,077 |
6.3% |
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Load Factor |
75.7% |
77.0% |
-1.3 p.p |
78.0% |
76.3% |
1.7 p.p |
78.1% |
75.5% |
2.6 p.p |
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Pax on board |
3,063 |
3,310 |
-7.5% |
26,304 |
25,862 |
1.7% |
40,191 |
38,871 |
3.4% |
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Domestic |
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ASK (mm) |
3,479 |
3,501 |
-0.6% |
29,093 |
28,500 |
2.1% |
43,966 |
43,307 |
1.5% |
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RPK (mm) |
2,647 |
2,725 |
-2.8% |
22,971 |
21,949 |
4.7% |
34,753 |
33,044 |
5.2% |
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Load Factor |
76.1% |
77.8% |
-1.7 p.p |
79.0% |
77.0% |
2.0 p.p |
79.0% |
76.3% |
2.7 p.p |
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Pax on board |
2,877 |
3,122 |
-7.8% |
24,871 |
24,486 |
1.6% |
38,047 |
36,895 |
3.1% |
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International |
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ASK (mm) |
565 |
553 |
2.2% |
4,343 |
3,968 |
9.5% |
6,506 |
5,777 |
12.6% |
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RPK (mm) |
412 |
398 |
3.5% |
3,114 |
2,822 |
10.3% |
4,645 |
4,033 |
15.2% |
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Load Factor |
72.9% |
71.9% |
1.0 p.p |
71.7% |
71.1% |
0.6 p.p |
71.4% |
69.8% |
1.6 p.p |
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Pax on board |
186 |
189 |
-1.8% |
1,434 |
1,376 |
4.2% |
2,144 |
1,976 |
8.5% |
*Source: National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.
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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
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By: |
/S/ Edmar Prado Lopes Neto | |
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Name: Edmar Prado Lopes Neto
Title: Investor Relations Officer | ||
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