GOL introduces new routes
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GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), Brazil's low-cost airline, announces that it has received approval from Anac, the Brazilian civil aviation authority, to operate regular flights from Santos Dumont airport (Rio de Janeiro) to Belo Horizonte (Confins airport), Brasília and Vitória.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., la aerolínea brasileña de bajo coste, acaba de recibir la autorización por parte de ANAC, la autoridad brasileña de aviación civil, para volar entre el Aeropuerto de Santos Dumont (Río de Janeiro) y Belo Horizonte (Aeropuerto de Confins), esto es entre Brasília y Vitória.
Vice president of planning and IT Maciel Ramos, announced"In addition to satisfying increasing demand from business travelers, these new routes will provide a wide variety of connections, especially in Confins and Brasília, to other Brazilian destinations in GOL's network. This will allow for better distribution of schedules and more convenience, flexibility and comfort for our passengers," says Wilson vice president of planning and IT.
Flights to Vitória have begun with five daily frequencies, three of which operate Monday through Saturday, two other frequencies operate daily. One of the daily flights connects Santos Dumont airport and Manaus, after stopovers in Vitória and Brasília. This is the only daytime, nonstop flight between Vitória and Manaus. The second daily flight connects Santos Dumont and Manaus via Brasília, bringing the total connections between Rio de Janeiro and the Amazonas state capital to two in addition to existing daily connections between the Rio de Janeiro's Galeão airport and Manaus.
Additionally, with these new flights, GOL offers the highest number of daily frequencies (four) between Brasília and Manaus, and is the only airline offering morning flights from Manaus to the midwest region.
Beginning 04-May-09, GOL will launch direct flights from Santos Dumont airport to Belo Horizonte (Confins) and Brasília, two of the Company's principal distribution hubs in Brazil, which will permit quick connections to city's across the country, including Salvador, Cuiabá, Goiânia, Palmas, Belém, Recife, Macapá, Boa Vista, São Luis and Marabá.
In addition to the new flights from Santos Dumont, GOL also offers several flight options between Galeão and Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Vitória. The Company offers six daily flights to Brasília, four daily flights to Confins (Belo Horizonte) and two daily flights to Vitória, though a third frequency will be available beginning 15-May -09.
"We are committed to maintaining and improving the number of flights and options offered through Rio de Janeiro and are always working to provide additional connections to other domestic and international destinations through Galeão," adds Ramos. "In fact, beginning in May, we will offer more than 140 daily nonstop flights to more than 20 destinations."
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 01-Apr-09
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