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GOL discloses its preliminary traffic figures for March 2017 |
São Paulo, April 10, 2017 - GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”), (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), Brazil's #1 airline, announces today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of March, 2017. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2016.
GOL’s Highlights
| GOL was the most punctual airline in Brazil in March 2017, with 96.8% of its departures occurring at the scheduled time, according to Infraero data, and GOL performed more than 21,000 flights in the month. Infraero considers as delay in departure flights with departures exceeding 30 minutes.
| The total volume of departures GOL decreased by 4.7%, and the number of seats declined 4.5%, while supply increased 5.8% due to the 6.6% increase in the average stage length. Demand increased by 11.8% in the period. GOL’s load factor was 77.3% in March 2017, 4.1 p.p. up over the same period of 2016.
| In the domestic market, GOL increased its supply by 6.8% in March over the same period the year before. Domestic demand increased by 13.2% in the month, and GOL achieved a load factor of 76.9%, 4.3 p.p. up over March 2016.
| In March, GOL’s international market supply fell by 1.6%, while demand increased by 1.7% resulting in load factor of 80.5%, which represents growth of 2.6 p.p. in relation to the same period of 2016.
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GOL discloses its preliminary traffic figures for March 2017 |
Monthly Traffic Figures (¹) Accumulated Traffic Figures (¹) LTM Traffic Figures (¹)
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Operational data * |
Mar/17 |
Mar/16 |
% Var. |
1Q17 |
1Q16 |
% Var. |
Mar/17 |
Mar/16 LTM |
% Var. |
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Total GOL |
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Departures |
21,085 |
22,131 |
-4.7% |
64,100 |
74,199 |
-13.6% |
251,415 |
309,287 |
-18.7% |
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Seats (thousand) |
3,528 |
3,693 |
-4.5% |
10,734 |
12,370 |
-13.2% |
42,004 |
51,422 |
-18.3% |
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ASK (million) |
3,817 |
3,607 |
5.8% |
12,019 |
12,262 |
-2.0% |
46,087 |
48,971 |
-5.9% |
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RPK (million) |
2,949 |
2,639 |
11.8% |
9,561 |
9,497 |
0.7% |
35,992 |
37,735 |
-4.6% |
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Load Factor |
77.3% |
73.2% |
4.1 p.p |
79.6% |
77.5% |
2.1 p.p |
78.1% |
77.1% |
1.0 p.p |
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Pax on board (thousand) |
2,608 |
2,529 |
3.1% |
8,210 |
8,949 |
-8.3% |
31,790 |
37,696 |
-15.7% |
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Domestic GOL |
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Departures |
19,902 |
20,908 |
-4.8% |
60,413 |
70,275 |
-14.0% |
237,061 |
292,915 |
-19.1% |
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Seats (thousand) |
3,319 |
3,479 |
-4.6% |
10,082 |
11,683 |
-13.7% |
39,468 |
48,562 |
-18.7% |
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ASK (million) |
3,395 |
3,178 |
6.8% |
10,690 |
10,856 |
-1.5% |
40,938 |
42,996 |
-4.8% |
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RPK (million) |
2,610 |
2,305 |
13.2% |
8,507 |
8,396 |
1.3% |
32,142 |
33,377 |
-3.7% |
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Load Factor |
76.9% |
72.5% |
4.3 p.p |
79.6% |
77.3% |
2.2 p.p |
78.5% |
77.6% |
0.9 p.p |
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Pax on board (thousand) |
2,440 |
2,361 |
3.4% |
7,695 |
8,409 |
-8.5% |
29,931 |
35,636 |
-16.0% |
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International GOL |
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Departures |
1,183 |
1,223 |
-3.3% |
3,687 |
3,924 |
-6.0% |
14,354 |
16,372 |
-12.3% |
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Seats (thousand) |
209 |
214 |
-2.3% |
652 |
687 |
-5.0% |
2,537 |
2,860 |
-11.3% |
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ASK (million) |
422 |
429 |
-1.6% |
1,329 |
1,406 |
-5.5% |
5,149 |
5,975 |
-13.8% |
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RPK (million) |
339 |
334 |
1.7% |
1,055 |
1,102 |
-4.3% |
3,850 |
4,358 |
-11.7% |
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Load Factor |
80.5% |
77.8% |
2.6 p.p |
79.4% |
78.4% |
1.0 p.p |
74.8% |
72.9% |
1.8 p.p |
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Pax on board (thousand) |
168 |
168 |
-0.1% |
515 |
539 |
-4.4% |
1,859 |
2,060 |
-9.7% |
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On-time Departures |
96.8% |
96.9% |
-0.1 p.p |
94.6% |
95.1% |
-0.5 p.p |
94.7% |
95.7% |
-1.0 p.p |
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Flight Completion |
98.6% |
85.3% |
13.3p.p |
98.8% |
88.3% |
10.5 p.p |
97.1% |
90.7% |
6.4 p.p |
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Cargo Ton |
7.1 |
6.5 |
9.2% |
18.9 |
17.4 |
8.6% |
77.8 |
73.0 |
6.6% |
* Source: Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.
(1) Preliminary Figures
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About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
Brazil's largest air transportation and travel services group with three main businesses: passenger transportation, cargo transportation and coalition loyalty program. GOL is Brazil’s largest airline, carrying 32 million p.a. on more than 700 daily flights to 63 destinations in Brazil and 11 destinations in South America and the Caribbean on a fleet of over 120 Boeing 737 aircraft, with a further 120 Boeing 737s on order. GOLLOG is a leading cargo transportation and logistics business serving more than 3,000 Brazilian municipalities and, through partners, 90 international destinations in 47 countries. SMILES is one of the largest coalition loyalty programs in Latin America, with over 11 million registered participants, allowing clients to accumulate miles and redeem tickets for more than 700 locations worldwide. GOL has a team of more than 14,000 highly skilled aviation professionals delivering Brazil’s top on-time performance, and an industry leading 16 year safety record. GOL’s shares are traded on the NYSE (GOL) and the BM&FBOVESPA (GOLL4).
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Name: Richard Freeman Lark Junior
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