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GOL Announces a Codeshare Agreement with Aeromexico |
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São Paulo, August 12, 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 low-fare airline in Latin America, announces that it has signed a codeshare agreement with Aeromexico, Mexico’s largest airline. The agreement depends on approval from ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency) and CADE (Brazil’s Antitrust Authority).
The agreement will allow Aeromexico to include its code on flights operated by GOL, enabling its customers to have a higher connectivity with other Brazilian and South America’s destinations.
"Codeshare agreements enables GOL to have a stronger presence in key markets, as in Mexico, offering more benefits for our customers", declared Alberto Fajerman, GOL’s Institutional Relations Director.
The airlines will also offer to the members of their customer loyalty programs SMILES (GOL) and Club Premier (Aeromexico) the possibility to earn and redeem mileage on eligible flights operated by each airline.
About Aeromexico
Aeromexico serves more than 70 destinations in Mexico and major cities in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe and Asia. In Brazil, the airline operates flights between Mexico, São Paulo (Guarulhos Airport), and Rio de Janeiro (Galeão Airport).
ABOUT GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America offering, under the GOL and VARIG brands, around 910 daily flights to 67 destinations, 15 of which 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 560 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 six 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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/S/ Edmar Prado Lopes Neto | |
Name: Edmar Prado Lopes Neto
Title: Investor Relations Officer |
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