GOL: Domestic load factor reached 81.0% in 2015 and 77.1% in February 2015

SAO PAULO, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B, Fitch: B-, Moody's: B3), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, hereby announces its preliminary air traffic figures for February 2015. Comparisons refer to February 2014.

 GOL highlights

• The domestic load factor totaled 81.0% in the first two months of 2015, 3.1 p.p. up on the same period last year. In February alone, we recorded a rate of 77.1%, 0,4 p.p. less than in February 2014. The rate in the last 12 months  (LTM) stood at  78.3%, an increase of 6.1 p.p. over the previous 12-month period. The fact that the Carnival holiday fell in February in 2015 and in March in 2014 impacted this indicator.
• Domestic demand in January and February 2015 increased by 8% over the same period in 2014. In February alone, there was a 2.9% year-on-year upturn, while the LTM figure grew by 6.5% over the previous 12 months. 
• Domestic market supply increased by 3.9% in 2015 through February and 3.4% in February itself over the same periods last year, while LTM supply fell by 1.9% over the previous 12 months.
• International demand in the first two months of 2015 climbed by 25.1%, raising the load factor by 1.1 p.p. over the same period in 2014 to 73.9%, pushed by the 20.7% upturn in February itself.
• The number of passengers transported in the entire route network moved up by 4.8% year-on-year in the first two months of 2014, while the LTM number climbed by 11.9% over the 12 months through February 2014.
  

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