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Press Release
GOL Introduces New Routes From Santos Dumont Airport
São Paulo, April 30, 2009 – GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), Brazil’s low-cost airline, announces that it has received approval from Anac, the Brazilian civil aviation authority, to operate regular flights from Santos Dumont airport (Rio de Janeiro) to Belo Horizonte (Confins airport), Brasília and Vitória.
“In addition to satisfying increasing demand from business travelers, these new routes will provide a wide variety of connections, especially in Confins and Brasília, to other Brazilian destinations in GOL’s network. This will allow for better distribution of schedules and more convenience, flexibility and comfort for our passengers,” says Wilson Maciel Ramos, vice president of planning and IT.
Flights to Vitória have begun with five daily frequencies, three of which operate Monday through Saturday, two other frequencies operate daily. One of the daily flights connects Santos Dumont airport and Manaus, after stopovers in Vitória and Brasília. This is the only daytime, nonstop flight between Vitória and Manaus. The second daily flight connects Santos Dumont and Manaus via Brasília, bringing the total connections between Rio de Janeiro and the Amazonas state capital to two in addition to existing daily connections between the Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão airport and Manaus.
Additionally, with these new flights, GOL offers the highest number of daily frequencies (four) between Brasília and Manaus, and is the only airline offering morning flights from Manaus to the midwest region.
Beginning May 4, 2009, GOL will launch direct flights from Santos Dumont airport to Belo Horizonte (Confins) and Brasília, two of the Company’s principal distribution hubs in Brazil, which will permit quick connections to city’s across the country, including Salvador, Cuiabá, Goiânia, Palmas, Belém, Recife, Macapá, Boa Vista, São Luis and Marabá.
Galeão
In addition to the new flights from Santos Dumont, GOL also offers several flight options between Galeão and Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Vitória. The Company offers six daily flights to Brasília, four daily flights to Confins (Belo Horizonte) and two daily flights to Vitória, though a third frequency will be available beginning May 15, 2009.
“We are committed to maintaining and improving the number of flights and options offered through Rio de Janeiro and are always working to provide additional connections to other domestic and international destinations through Galeão,” adds Ramos. “In fact, beginning in May, we will offer more than 140 daily nonstop flights to more than 20 destinations.”
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About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), Brazil’s low-cost airline, offers around 800 daily flights to 49 destinations that connect all the important cities in Brazil and ten major destinations in South America. The Company operates a young, modern fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, the safest and most comfortable of its class, with high aircraft utilization and efficiency levels. The Company’s service is recognized as the best value proposition in the market. 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. |
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. |
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/S/ Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira |
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Name: Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira
Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer |
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