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Domestic load factor reaches 80%, fueled by demand growth of 6% |
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São Paulo, December 17, 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 best-fare airline in Latin America, hereby announces its preliminary traffic figures for November 2014. Comparisons are with November 2013 and 11M13.
GOL Highlights – November 2014
The domestic load factor reached 79.9% in November, 3.7p.p. more than in the same month last year, while the year-to-date figure stood at 77.5%.
Domestic demand increased by 6% in the month and 7.8% year-to-date.
Domestic supply climbed by 1.2% in the month. Capacity in the domestic market declined by 2.3% year to date, in line with the Company’s 2014 guidance of a reduction between -3% and -1%..
In November, the number of paid passengers transported in the domestic market totaled 3.2 million, 5.1% up on the same month last year. Year-to-date, GOL carried 36 million passengers in the domestic and international markets, 10% more than in the same period of 2013.
International demand grew by 25.7% in November, leading to a 1.6p.p. increase in the month’s load factor to 69.2%. The year-to-date load factor moved up by 9.1p.p to 71.1%.
The per-liter jet fuel price followed its adjustment formula, as determined by Interministerial Edict 404, of October 10, 1999 by ANP (the National Oil Agency), which is based on the variation of “Jet Kerosene Gd 54 USGA" and the dollar.
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OPERATING DATA |
Nov/14(*) |
Nov/13(*) |
% Chg. |
YTD 11M2014(*) |
YTD 11M2013(*) |
%Chg. |
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Total System |
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ASK (mm) |
4,137.2 |
3,995.8 |
3.5% |
44,682.1 |
45,096.6 |
-0.9% |
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RPK (mm) |
3,247.8 |
3,008.3 |
8.0% |
34,280.5 |
31,264.8 |
9.6% |
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Load Factor |
78.5% |
75.3% |
3.2 p.p |
76.7% |
69.3% |
7.4 p.p |
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Domestic Market |
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ASK (mm) |
3,597.6 |
3,556.4 |
1.2% |
39,153.5 |
40,073.3 |
-2.3% |
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RPK (mm) |
2,874.4 |
2,711.2 |
6.0% |
30,347.6 |
28,147.8 |
7.8% |
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Load Factor |
79.9% |
76.2% |
3.7 p.p |
77.5% |
70.2% |
7.3 p.p |
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International Market |
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ASK (mm) |
539.5 |
439.4 |
22.8% |
5,528.6 |
5,023.4 |
10.1% |
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RPK (mm) |
373.4 |
297.1 |
25.7% |
3,932.8 |
3,117.0 |
26.2% |
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Load Factor |
69.2% |
67.6% |
1.6 p.p |
71.1% |
62.0% |
9.1 p.p |
(*)Preliminary figures for November 2014 and National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) figures for other months.
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Traffic Report |
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ABOUT GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BMF&BOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, offers around 910 daily flights to 69 destinations, 15 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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GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A |
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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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