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GOL develops its own program for managing aircraft maintenance waste

12-Feb-2010
BRAZIL : The program is fully operational at eight Company bases and in the advanced implementation phase at another 18

GOL announces launch of regular flights to Bauru

19-Jan-2010
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, began selling tickets for a new destination in its domestic route network - the city of Bauru, in the west of São Paulo state. There will be five flights per week from Congonhas Airport in São Paulo city, beginning on February 1, 2010.

GOL completes nine years of operations

18-Jan-2010
BRAZIL : Throughout 2009, the company increased its presence abroad through code-share agreements, expanded the SMILES, Gollog and Voe Fácil programs and implemented several innovations in the Brazilian market

GOL elects Paulo Kakinoff as New Independent Board Member

07-Jan-2010
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces the election of Paulo Kakinoff as the newest member of its Board of Directors. The election took place today at an extraordinary meeting of GOL shareholders.

GOL inaugurates its first VoeFácil store

17-Dec-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low cost and low fare airline in Latin America, opened its first VoeFácil store today to sell GOL air tickets.

Profile on Ryanair GOL adopts GPS landing system for its latest generation fleet

02-Dec-2009
BRAZIL : As of January 2010, GOL's aircraft will be able to take off and land with even more precision, reducing operating costs and CO2 emissions.

GOL Signs an Agreement with Travelport

27-Nov-2009
BRAZIL : Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces the adoption of Travelport's Interline E-ticket Interchange, a technological platform which facilitates the control and operational functioning of its airline agreements. Additionally, the company extended its agreements with the main global distribution systems (GDS): Sabre, Amadeus and, also, Travelport.

Fitch affirms GOL's IDRs; revises outlook to positive; upgrades unsecured debt to 'B+'

26-Nov-2009
BRAZIL : Fitch Ratings has affirmed Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A.'s (GOL) ratings as follows:

navAero announces EFB contract with GOL for global communications system program

24-Nov-2009
navAero announced today that GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. the largest low cost airline and low fare airline in Latin America, has awarded a contract to navAero for the deployment of the tBag™C22 EFB system for GOL’s fleet of B737NGs.

GOL joins international biofuel development group

17-Nov-2009
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), which unites airlines and technology providers in a joint drive to accelerate the development of new, sustainable aviation fuels for commercial use.

GOL pioneers new global communication system in Brazil

06-Nov-2009
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, is adopting a new communications and operational management system with global coverage based on the Iridium satellite network.

GOL launches UATP corporate card

22-Oct-2009
BRAZIL : Card will provide customers with a globally accepted payment option for corporate travel

GOL expands buy on board service to 37 domestic flights

20-Oct-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 e NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces that it is extending its buy on board service in response to client requests and following extensive market research. GOL was the first airline to implement this service in Brazil in early June.

GOL announces pricing of global share offering

12-Oct-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces that its global offering of 38,005,000 preferred shares, including preferred shares in the form of American depositary shares (ADSs), by the Company and ASAS Investment Fund, the Company's controlling shareholder, has priced on October 8, 2009.

GOL files registration statement for global share offering

26-Aug-2009
BRAZIL : 25-Aug-2009 GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America (the Company), announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed global offering of preferred shares, including preferred shares in the form of American depositary shares (ADSs), by the Company and ASAS Investment Fund, the Company's controlling shareholder.

GOL Announces New Position: Vice President of Management & Personnel

28-Jul-2009
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Company, Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces the creation of a new position, Vice President of Management and Personnel, which will be led by senior executive Ricardo Khauaja (39).

GOL Announces June 2009 Traffic Figures

07-Jul-2009
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low cost and low tariff airline in Latin America, announces its preliminary traffic figures for June 2009. Management Comments June 2009 reflected the beginning of activities related to the gradual and planned increase in the utilization of the Company’s operational fleet, an important factor in diluting operating costs .

GOL Announces Partnership with Bradesco and Banco do Brasil

01-Jul-2009
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Company, Bovespa: GOLL4 and the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces that on today's date its subsidiary VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. formalized a partnership with Bradesco and Banco do Brasil (Financial Institutions) through an Operating Agreement (Operating Agreement) for the issue and administration of co-branded credit cards.

GOL is now publishing its Corporate Acts

19-Jun-2009
GOL Latin America’s largest low-cost airline hereby informs to its Shareholders and to the general public that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held on 17-Jun-2009, made a resolution, due to the discontinuance of the circulation of Gazeta Mercantil newspaper, to the effect that the corporate acts of the Company shall hereinafter be published in Valor Econômico newspaper.

GOL Concludes Distribution of VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A.

28-May-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. Latin America's biggest low-cost airline and the controlling shareholder of the Brazilian Airline VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. (VRG), announced today the distribution of VRG's 3rd series of secured non-convertible debentures (Debentures) in the amount of R$400 million.

GOL returns to profitability in 1Q09

21-May-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aéreos (GOL) and VRG Linhas Aéreas (VRG), reported a USD29.6 million consolidated net profit in the three months ended 31-Mar-09, compared to the USD9.9 million net loss reported in the previous corresponding period.

VivaAerobus discontinues Austin- Puerto Vallarta and Austin - Cancun services

18-May-2009
MEXICO : VivaAerobus will cease its operations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport effective 01-Jun-09. VivaAerobus operations included Austin to Cancun and Austin to Puerto Vallarta nonstop flights. The carrier’s final flights in Austin will be on 31-May-09.

Volaris to launch Oakland-Toluca and Guadalajara services

28-Apr-2009
MEXICO : Volaris Airlines, headquartered in Santa Fe, Mexico DF, announced (27-Apr-09) plans to begin low-cost, nonstop flights between Oakland International Airport (OAK) and both Toluca and Guadalajara, Mexico, beginning 02-Jul-09.

Volaris Airlines, cuya base está en Santa Fe, acaba de anunciar (27 Abr 09) sus planes de ofrecer vuelos entre el Aeropuerto Internacional de Oakland con las ciudades mexicanas de Toluca y Guadalajara el próximo 2 de julio de 2009.


GOL losing again to a declining load factor

22-Apr-2009
BRAZIL : GOL, the Brazilian LCC, had appeared to be arresting the decline in its load factor in Jan-2009, but it slipped again for the second consecutive month in Mar-2009. GOL reported an average load factor of 54.9% last month, declining 2.2 ppts year-on-year, despite capacity cuts of 12.8%.

Air France, KLM and GOL sign commercial agreement agreement

06-Apr-2009
BRAZIL : Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman of AIR FRANCE KLM and Constantino de Oliveira Junior, CEO of GOL Linhas Areas Inteligentes SA, which comprises the GOL and VARIG brands, signed a commercial cooperation agreement in Sao Paulo.

GOL reports 4Q08 results

23-Mar-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes SA announces (20-Mar-09) its preliminary, unaudited results for the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08).

GOL reports Feb-09 traffic statistics

09-Mar-2009
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes released (06-Mar-09) preliminary passenger statistics for the month of Feb-09. Domestic passenger traffic (RPK) for Feb-09 decreased 5.1% and capacity (ASK) decreased 2.7% year-over-year (vs. Feb-08).

GOL appoints new Chief Financial Officer

04-Feb-2009
GOL announced (02-Feb-09) Leonardo Pereira as GOL´s executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Pereira will assume the senior executive position occupied by Richard Lark until Jun-08, when he transitioned his executive responsibilities, and will be responsible for the Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting and Taxes, Financial Planning and Corporate Budget departments.

GOL reports Dec-08 traffic results

09-Jan-2009
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. released (08-Jan-09) preliminary passenger statistics for the month of Dec-08. Domestic passenger traffic (RPK) for Dec-08 decreased 1.7% and capacity (ASK) increased 5.1% year-over-year (vs. Dec-07). Domestic load factor for the month was 68% and international load factor was 49%. GOL’s total system load factor for the month of December was 65%.

Azul Linhas Aereas takes delivery of Embraer 195 jet

15-Dec-2008
Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 195 jet to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, which will be the first Brazilian airline to operate the E-Jets. The contract is for 36 firm orders: 31 EMBRAER 195s and five EMBRAER 190s. The deal was announced in Mar-08, and also includes options for another 20 aircraft and purchase rights for another 20.

JetBlue Airways to launch Orlando-San Jose services

11-Dec-2008
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : JetBlue Airways Corporation announced (10-Dec-08) plans to broaden its Latin American presence with new daily nonstop service to its 53rd Blue City: San Jose, Costa Rica. Service between Orlando International Airport and Juan Santamaria International Airport will begin 26-Mar-09, subject to receipt of Costa Rican government operating authority.

GOL announces Nov-08 traffic

08-Dec-2008
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. released (05-Nov-08) preliminary passenger statistics for the month of Nov-08. Domestic passenger traffic (RPK) for Nov-08 decreased 10.1% and capacity (ASK) increased 6.7% year-over-year (vs. Nov-07).

GOL reports third quarter results

17-Nov-2008
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A announced (16-Nov-08) preliminary unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08). Operating and financial highlights:

WestJet offers free flights on Halloween

29-Oct-2008
CANADA : WestJet announced (28-Oct-08) that it will offer free flights on Halloween for guests with the last names Candy, Orange, Web or Webb, and Sweet. Guests with those surnames will pay applicable fees and taxes only for flights booked before midnight 30-Oct-08, MT, for travel anywhere in Canada on Halloween, 31-Oct-08.

GOL signs interline agreement with Condor Airlines

24-Oct-2008
GERMANY : GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A, announces that it has signed an interline agreement with Germany-based Condor Airlines. Through this partnership, passengers of the European airline can purchase tickets on GOL to Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Fortaleza, Maceió, Natal, Rio de Janeiro and Paulo.

GOL - Now available on Hahn Air e-tickets

22-Oct-2008
With the activation of Interline E-Ticketing (IET) between GOL Linhas Aereas and Hahn Air, GOL’s flights are available for ticketing on Hahn Air (HR/169) e-tickets in some 100 countries worldwide.

GOL announces traffic for September 2008

08-Oct-2008
BRAZIL : GOL released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of Sep-08. Consolidated domestic passenger traffic for Sep-08 increased 0.1% and capacity increased 9.6% year-over-year.

GOL Airlines unit leases two Boeing 737-700 aircraft from Genesis Lease Ltd

13-Jun-2008
BRAZIL : (XFN Asia) Genesis Lease Ltd stated it has agreed to lease two Boeing 737-700 aircraft to VRG Linhas Aereas SA, a subsidiary of Brazil-based GOL Airlines, for a period of seven years. Terms of the two new leases were not disclosed. Genesis Lease said the GOL Airlines unit is expected to take delivery of the aircraft before the end of July.

GOL ranked second in Latin American Corporate Governance Study

13-Jun-2008
BRAZIL : GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos SA and VRG Linhas Aereas SA, announced that the Company was ranked second among non-bank companies in a Latin American corporate governance study conducted by Spanish sustainability consulting group, Management & Excellence (M&E). According to the study, conducted in partnership with LatinFinance magazine, GOL employs 90.2% of the required positive corporate governance practices included in the analysis, compared to an average score of 62.34% by the 50 companies included in the research. GOL is the only airline named in the M&E report.

vivaAerobus will offer discounts to “light passengers”

12-Jun-2008
MEXICO : vivaAerobus has launched a new product for all passengers that travel with only “carry on” luggage. VivaAerobus is now offering a USD10 discount on the total fare per one-way trip for all passengers that elect not to travel with checked baggage.
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