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GOL Expands Payment Mechanisms for Tickets Purchased Online
São Paulo, March 2, 2007 – GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), Brazil’s low-cost, low-fare airline, announced today that it has expanded payment methods for tickets purchased online. Today, GOL offers over a dozen mechanisms for customers to purchase tickets online.
“Offering new payment methods and expanding financing options allows more customers access to air travel. It is essential that GOL provide payment mechanisms that are appropriate for all income levels.” says Wilson Maciel Ramos, GOL’s Vice-President of Planning and Information Technology.
Today, customers purchasing tickets through GOL’s website are able to pay with debit cards or bank transfers. “Some of our customers have limited funds or do not have a credit card. The Company is committed to providing payment methods for various income levels – from high-income passengers and credit card users to debit card users and customers with lower incomes,” explains Ramos.
Additionally, GOL allows customers purchasing tickets with their credit card (American Express, Diners, Hipercard, MasterCard and Visa) to parcel payments up to 12 months. Customers using credit cards can pay for tickets up to six months interest free, with a minimum monthly payment of R$45, or up to twelve months with interest and a minimum monthly payment of R$10.
For customers that require longer payment terms, GOL offers the Fly Easy (Voe Fácil) program, which allows customers to pay for airline tickets in up to 36 months. To date, the program has enrolled approximately 700,000 customers. Applications are available on the Portuguese version of GOL’s website (www.voegol.com.br), for non-corporate, legal residents living in Brazil. After credit approval, the purchases with the GOL “Fly Easy” card can be made through the Company’s website, using a password.
“GOL is committed to popularizing air transportation in South America” says Ramos. “Once again, GOL is leading the industry by providing additional payment options and expanding access to air travel.”
About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes is one of the most profitable and fastest growing low-cost, low-fare airlines in the industry worldwide. GOL provides frequent service on routes connecting all of Brazil’s
major cities as well as primary destinations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay through its more than 610 daily flights to 56 major airports. GOL offers daily flights to more destinations in Brazil than any other domestic
airline while providing customers with the most convenient flight schedules in the country. GOL operates a young, modern fleet of Boeing 737s, the safest and most comfortable aircraft of its class, with low maintenance, fuel and training costs, and
high aircraft utilization and efficiency ratios. In addition to safe and reliable service, which stimulates GOL’s brand recognition and customer satisfaction, the Company’s single class of service is recognized as the best value
proposition in the market. GOL’s growth plans include increasing frequencies in existing markets and adding service to additional markets in both Brazil and other high-traffic South American travel destinations. GOL shares are listed on the
NYSE and the Bovespa. GOL: here everyone can fly!
For more information, flight times and fares, please access our site at www.voegol.com.br or call: 0300-789-2121 in Brazil, 0810-266-3131 in Argentina, 800-1001-21 in Bolivia, 0004 055 127 in Uruguay, 009 800 55 1 0007 in Paraguay, 1 888 0042 0090 or 1230 020 9104 in Chile, 0800 52 900 in Peru and 55 11 2125-3200 in other countries.
CONTACT: GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
| Investor Relations | Corporate Communications |
| Ph: (5511) 3169 6800 | Ph: (5511) 3169 6449 |
| E-mail: ri@golnaweb.com.br | E-mail: rcorbioli@golnaweb.com.br |
| Site: www.voegol.com.br/ir | |
| Media – Brazil & Latin America | Media – U.S. & Europe |
| MVL Comunicação; D. Barbará and E. Oliveira | Edelman; G. Juncadella and M. Smith |
| Ph: (5511) 3049-0349 / 0341 | Ph: +1 (212) 704-4448 / 704-8196 |
| E-mail: daniela.barbara@mvl.com.br; | E-mail:gabriela.juncadella@edelman.com |
| eduardo.oliveira@mvl.com.br | meaghan.smith@edelman.com |
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 concerning the future of the business and its continued access to capital to fund the Company’s business plan. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on changes in market conditions, government regulations, competitive pressures, the performance of the Brazilian economy and the industry, among other factors and risks disclosed in GOL’s filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice.
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Name: Richard F. Lark, Jr.
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