Brazil’s GOL: Domestic market demand up in September

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil’s largest domestic airline, announces today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of September 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.

During September, GOL operated
an average of 270 flights per day, reopened three bases (Juiz de Fora, Londrina
and Presidente Prudente) and added 1,383 frequencies at the Guarulhos and
Congonhas (São Paulo), Santos Dumont and Galeão (Rio de Janeiro), Fortaleza
(Ceará) and Salvador (Bahia) airports. GOL remains
disciplined in its leadership of the market.

September/20 x August/20
Highlights:  

  • In the domestic market in September 2020, demand (RPK) for GOL’s flights was up by 36% over August 2020 and supply (ASK) increased by 35% over August 2020. GOL’s domestic load factor was 80% in September.
  • GOL did not operate regular international flights during the month.

September/20 Preliminary
Traffic Figures:

Monthly Traffic Figures (¹)  Quarter
Traffic Figures(¹)
Accumulated Traffic Figures
(¹)
Operating
data *
Sep/20 Sep/19 %
Var.
3Q20 3Q19 %
Var.
9M20 9M19 % Var.
Total
GOL
Departures 8,119 21,791 -62.7% 19,338 68,579 -71.8% 87,440 191,149 -54.3%
Seats
(thousand)
1,423 3,835 -62.9% 3,360 12,054 -72.1% 15,015 33,431 -55.1%
ASK
(million)
1,687 4,212 -60.0% 3,992 13,406 -70.2% 17,444 37,811 -53.9%
RPK
(million)
1,349 3,422 -60.6% 3,166 11,114 -71.5% 13,886 31,056 -55.3%
Load
factor
80.0% 81.2% -1.3
p.p
79.3% 82.9% -3.6 p.p 79.6% 82.1% -2.5 p.p
Pax on
board (thousand)
1,119 2,997 -62.7% 2,604 9,689 -73.1% 11,577 26,776 -56.8%
Domestic
GOL
Departures 8,119 20,313 -60.0% 19,338 63,936 -69.8% 83,048 178,133 -53.4%
Seats
(thousand)
1,423 3,580 -60.3% 3,360 11,250 -70.1% 14,264 31,176 -54.2%
ASK
(million)
1,687 3,612 -53.3% 3,992 11,494 -65.3% 15,659 32,263 -51.5%
RPK
(million)
1,349 2,960 -54.4% 3,166 9,618 -67.1% 12,596 26,783 -53.0%
Load
factor
80.0% 82.0% -2.1 p.p 79.3% 83.7% -4.4
p.p
80.4% 83.0% -2.6 p.p
Pax on
board (thousand)
1,119 2,822 -60.3% 2,604 9,124 -71.5% 11,083 25,147 -55.9%
International
GOL
Departures 0 1,478 N.A. 0 4,643 N.A. 4,392 13,016 -66.3%
Seats
(thousand)
0 255 N.A. 0 804 N.A. 751 2,255 -66.7%
ASK
(million)
0 600 N.A. 0 1,912 N.A. 1,784 5,548 -67.8%
RPK
(million)
0 462 N.A. 0 1,497 N.A. 1,290 4,273 -69.8%
Load
factor
0 76.9% N.A. 0 78.3% N.A. 72.3% 77.0% -4.7 p.p
Pax on
board (thousand)
0 175 N.A. 0 566 N.A. 494 1,629 -69.7%
On-time
Departures
97.2% 90.3% 6.9 p.p 96.7% 91.2% 5.5 p.p 95.3% 90.5% 4.8 p.p
Flight
Completion
98.9% 98.3% 0.6 p.p 98.1% 98.8% -0.7
p.p
96.7% 97.6% -0.9 p.p
Cargo
Ton
2.5 8.1 -69.2% 6.4 24.7 -74.2% 30.0 73.0 -58.9%
*
Source: Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the
current month.


(1) Preliminary Figures

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