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Domestic Load Factor Reached 76.8% in April and Supply Reduced by 5% Year over Year |
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São Paulo, May 14, 2014 – 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 low-fare airline in Latin America announces its preliminary air traffic figures for April 2014.
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OPERATING DATA |
April 2014(*) |
April 2013 |
Chg.% |
Jan-Apr 2014(*) |
Jan-Apr 2013 |
Chg.% |
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Total System |
(YoY) | |||||
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ASK (mm) |
3,918.3 |
4,051.4 |
-3.3% |
16,447.0 |
16,380.7 |
0.4% |
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RPK (mm) |
2,980.4 |
2,700.9 |
10.3% |
12,519.7 |
10,992.4 |
13.9% |
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Load Factor |
76.1% |
66.7% |
9.4 p.p |
76.1% |
67.1% |
9.0 p.p |
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Domestic Market |
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ASK (mm) |
3,446.4 |
3,626.5 |
-5.0% |
14,521.9 |
14,523.9 |
0,0% |
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RPK (mm) |
2,648.2 |
2,455.1 |
7.9% |
11,150.0 |
9,870.2 |
13.0% |
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Load Factor |
76.8% |
67.7% |
9.1 p.p |
76.8% |
68.0% |
8.8 p.p |
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International Market |
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ASK (mm) |
471.8 |
424.9 |
11.0% |
1,925.1 |
1,856.8 |
3.7% |
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RPK (mm) |
332.2 |
245.7 |
35.2% |
1,369.7 |
1,122.2 |
22.0% |
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Load Factor |
70.4% |
57.8% |
12.6 p.p |
71.1% |
60.4% |
10.7 p.p |
(*) April 2014 – preliminary figures; other figures – National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) figures
Domestic Market
Demand for seats increased by 7.9% in April, accompanied by a 9.1 percentage point increase in the load factor to 76.8%, the highest April figure since 2006. The result reflects the Company’s new load factor level. On the eve of Easter Holiday, GOL transported 140,990 passengers, a record for a single day.
GOL reduced its domestic supply by 5.0%, partially due to the expansion of the GOL+ product in April. Under the new configuration, the B737-800 NGs will have 177 seats and the B737-700 NGs 138 seats. At the end of April, 80 aircraft were equipped with the new configuration.
International Market
Seat supply increased by 11.0%, while demand grew by 35.2%, pushing up the load factor by 12.6 percentage points to 70.4%. The international market result underlines the Company’s strategy of gradually increasing its foreign-currency revenue portion.
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Traffic Report |
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ABOUT GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, offers around 910 daily flights to 67 destinations in 15 countries in South America, Caribbean and the United States 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. The SMILES loyalty program 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 3,500 cities in Brazil and six 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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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
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/S/ Edmar Prado Lopes Neto | |
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Name: Edmar Prado Lopes Neto
Title: Investor Relations Officer | ||
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