SÃO PAULO, Feb. 8, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
("GLAI"), (NYSE: GOL and B3: GOLL4), Brazil's #1 airline, announces today
preliminary air traffic figures for the month of January, 2018.
Comparisons refer to the same period of 2017.
GOL's Highlights
- The total volume of GOL departures increased by 3.8% and the
number of seats was up 3.6% in January, resulting in an increase in
supply of 4.9%. GOL's load factor was 83.5% in January 2018, 0.3 p.p. up over the same period of
2017, due to a growth in demand of 5.2% in the period.
- In the domestic market, volume of departures and number of
seats increased by 2.8% and 2.5%, respectively over January 2017. In addition, GOL increased its
supply by 2.3% in January over the same period the year before,
while demand grew by 2.7%. GOL's Load factor was up 0.4 p.p. in
comparison to the same month of the previous year, achieving
84.0%.
- In January 2018, GOL's
international market supply and demand rose by 27.5% and 27.9%,
respectively, increasing load factor by 0.3 p.p. in relation to the
same period of 2017.
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Monthly Traffic
Figures (¹)
|
LTM Traffic Figures
(¹)
|
|
|
|
Operational data
*
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Jan/18
|
Jan/17
|
%
Var.
|
Jan/18
LTM
|
Jan/17
LTM
|
%
Var.
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Total
GOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departures
|
24,713
|
23,815
|
3.8%
|
251,546
|
256,642
|
-2.0%
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Seats
(thousand)
|
4,139
|
3,996
|
3.6%
|
42,095
|
42,854
|
-1.8%
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ASK
(million)
|
4,892
|
4,664
|
4.9%
|
46,922
|
46,176
|
1.6%
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RPK
(million)
|
4,085
|
3,882
|
5.2%
|
37,428
|
35,848
|
4.4%
|
Load
Factor
|
83.5%
|
83.2%
|
0.3 p.p
|
79.8%
|
77.6%
|
2.1 p.p
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Pax on board
(thousand)
|
3,344
|
3,267
|
2.4%
|
32,510
|
31,832
|
2.1%
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Domestic
GOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departures
|
23,084
|
22,464
|
2.8%
|
237,105
|
242,159
|
-2.1%
|
Seats
(thousand)
|
3,852
|
3,757
|
2.5%
|
39,544
|
40,299
|
-1.9%
|
ASK
(million)
|
4,271
|
4,177
|
2.3%
|
41,553
|
40,997
|
1.4%
|
RPK
(million)
|
3,589
|
3,494
|
2.7%
|
33,337
|
31,995
|
4.2%
|
Load
Factor
|
84.0%
|
83.6%
|
0.4 p.p
|
80.2%
|
78.0%
|
2.2 p.p
|
Pax on board
(thousand)
|
3,116
|
3,076
|
1.3%
|
30,581
|
29,968
|
2.0%
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International
GOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departures
|
1,629
|
1,351
|
20.6%
|
14,441
|
14,483
|
-0.3%
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Seats
(thousand)
|
287
|
239
|
19.9%
|
2,551
|
2,555
|
-0.2%
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ASK
(million)
|
621
|
487
|
27.5%
|
5,370
|
5,179
|
3.7%
|
RPK
(million)
|
496
|
388
|
27.9%
|
4,092
|
3,853
|
6.2%
|
Load
Factor
|
80.0%
|
79.7%
|
0.3 p.p
|
76.2%
|
74.4%
|
1.8 p.p
|
Pax on board
(thousand)
|
229
|
190
|
20.1%
|
1,929
|
1,864
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3.5%
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On-time
Departures
|
91.2%
|
92.9%
|
-1.7 p.p
|
94.5%
|
94.7%
|
-0.2 p.p
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Flight
Completion
|
99.0%
|
99.2%
|
-0.2 p.p
|
98.4%
|
95.1%
|
3.3 p.p
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Cargo
Ton
|
7.93
|
6.80
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16.5%
|
103.9
|
95.9
|
8.4%
|
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* Source: Agência
Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current
month.
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(1) Preliminary
Figures
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About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
Brazil's largest airline group.
GOL is Brazil's
largest airline, carrying 33 million passengers annually on more
than 700 daily flights to 64 destinations, 53 in Brazil and 11 in South America and the Caribbean, on a fleet of 119 Boeing 737
aircraft, with a further 120 Boeing 737 MAX on order.
GOLLOG is a leading cargo transportation and
logistics business serving more than 2,400 Brazilian municipalities
and, through partners, 205 international destinations in 95
countries. SMILES is one of the largest coalition
loyalty programs in Latin America,
with over 13 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 17 year safety record. GOL's shares are traded on
the NYSE (GOL) and the B3 (GOLL4).
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