São Paulo, November 9, 2017 - 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 October, 2017. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2016.
GOL's Highlights
The total volume of GOL departures increased by 0.5% and the number of seats was up 0.3% in October, resulting in an increase in supply of 1.9%. GOL's load factor was 80.6% in October 2017, 4.6 p.p. up over the same period of 2016, due to a growth in demand of 8.1% in the period.
In the domestic market, volume of departures and the number of seats increased by 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively over October 2016. In addition, GOL increased its supply by 1.7% in October over the same period the year before, while demand grew by 9.1%. GOL's Load factor was up 5.5 p.p. in comparison to the same month of the previous year, achieving 81.4%.
In October, GOL's international market supply and demand rose by 3.9% and 0.3, respectively, reducing load factor by 2.7 p.p. in relation to the same period of 2016.