São Paulo, October 10th, 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 September, 2017. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2016.
GOL's Highlights| The total volume of GOL departures increased by 0.6%, and the number of seats was up 0.7%, occasioning an increase in supply of 2.0%. Demand rose by 5.0% in the period. GOL's load factor was 80.2% in September 2017, 2.3 p.p. up over the same period of 2016.
| In the domestic market, volume of departures increased by 0.3%, and the number of seats was up 0.3% over September 2016. GOL increased its supply by 0.7% in September over the same period the year before. Domestic demand rose by 4.1% in the month. GOL's load factor was 81.0%, 2.7 p.p. up over September 2016.
| In September, both international market supply and demand rose by 13.1%, resulting in a load factor of 74.3%, achieving the same level recorded in September 2016. Passengers transported were up by 8.5% over the same period of 2016.
GOL discloses | its | preliminary |
traffic figures | for | September |
2017 |
Operational data * | Sep/17 | Sep /16 % Var. | 3Q17 | 3Q16 % Var. | 9M17 | 9M16 % Var. | |||
Total GOL | 63,761 | 62,492 | 2.0% | 185,744 | 197,654 | -6.0% | |||
Departures | 20,211 | 20,096 | 0.6% | ||||||
Seats (thousand) | 3,377 | 3,355 | 0.7% | 10,667 | 10,416 | 2.4% | 31,081 | 32,943 | -5.7% |
ASK (million) | 3,730 | 3,658 | 2.0% | 12,015 | 11,502 | 4.5% | 34,481 | 34,530 | -0.1% |
RPK (million) | 2,993 | 2,850 | 5.0% | 9,638 | 9,173 | 5.1% | 27,334 | 26,767 | 2.1% |
Load Factor | 80.2% | 77.9% | 2.3 p.p | 80.2% | 79.8% | 0.4 p.p | 79.3% | 77.5% | 1.8 p.p |
Paxon board (thousand) | 2,663 | 2,542 | 4.8% | 8,326 | 8,102 | 2.8% | 23,827 | 24,267 | -1.8% |
Domestic GOL | 60,050 | 58,848 | 2.0% | 175,231 | 186,530 | -6.1% | |||
Departures | 19,036 | 18,986 | 0.3% | ||||||
Seats (thousand) | 3,169 | 3,159 | 0.3% | 10,011 | 9,771 | 2.5% | 29,221 | 30,985 | -5.7% |
ASK (million) | 3,290 | 3,268 | 0.7% | 10,582 | 10,188 | 3.9% | 30,595 | 30,536 | 0.2% |
RPK (million) | 2,665 | 2,560 | 4.1% | 8,558 | 8,193 | 4.5% | 24,367 | 23,801 | 2.4% |
Load Factor | 81.0% | 78.3% | 2.7 p.p | 80.9% | 80.4% | 0.5 p.p | 79.6% | 77.9% | 1.7 p.p |
Pax on board (thousand) | 2,509 | 2,399 | 4.6% | 7,832 | 7,634 | 2.6% | 22,419 | 22,839 | -1.8% |
International GOL | 3,711 | 3,644 | 1.8% | 10,513 | 11,124 | -5.5% | |||
Departures | 1,175 | 1,110 | 5.9% | ||||||
Seats (thousand) | 208 | 196 | 5.7% | 656 | 645 | 1.8% | 1,860 | 1,958 | -5.0% |
ASK (million) | 441 | 390 | 13.1% | 1,433 | 1,313 | 9.1% | 3,886 | 3,994 | -2.7% |
RPK (million) | 328 | 290 | 13.1% | 1,079 | 980 | 10.1% | 2,967 | 2,966 | 0.1% |
Load Factor | 74.3% | 74.3% | 0.0 p.p | 75.3% | 74.6% | 0.7 p.p | 76.4% | 74.3% | 2.1 p.p |
Paxon board (thousand) | 154 | 142 | 8.5% | 494 | 469 | 5.3% | 1,409 | 1,427 | -1.3% |
On-time Departures | 95.2% | 96.9% | -1.7 p.p | 95.6% | 95.6% | 0.0 p.p | 95.4% | 95.1% | 0.3 p.p |
Flight Completion | 98.0% | 98.1% | -0.1 p.p | 98.3% | 98.3% | 0.0 p.p | 98.4% | 93.2% | 5.2 p.p |
Cargo Ton | 8.5 | 7.7 | 9.7% | 26.2 | 23.0 | 13.8% | 75.2 | 68.2 | 10.3% |
* Source: Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.
(1) Preliminary Figures
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