SAO PAULO, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas
Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL)
(S&P/Fitch:B+/B+, Moody's: B1), the largest low-fare,
low-cost airline in Latin America,
has received authorization from the National Civil Aviation Agency
(ANAC) to provide conventional and electrostatic painting, weighing
and recalibration services for other companies' aircraft in its
Maintenance Center in Confins, Belo
Horizonte. The agency's authorization, which also represents
a new revenue source, covers Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 Next
Generation aircraft, identical to those of GOL's fleet, as well as
Boeing 737-300 aircraft, part of Webjet's fleet, and other models
from other manufacturers which are capable of fitting into the
painting hangar.
"More than four years ago we launched a project to internalize
maintenance processes. In addition to being a new business
opportunity, this allows us to offer services to other companies,
representing a major advance for GOL and underlining the maturity
of the work developed in the Maintenance Center," declared
Adalberto Bogsan, GOL's Technical Vice-President. "Our goal is to
further improve the Company's techniques, train our personnel,
optimize costs and post quality results."
GOL's Aircraft Maintenance Center was expanded in 2010, to reach
its current capacity of up to 120 aircraft per year. The expansion
absorbed investments of R$65 million,
enabling the Center to undertake heavy fuselage maintenance,
preventive maintenance, aircraft painting and internal aircraft
configuration for GOL's entire fleet.
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