GOL Linhas AĆ©reas Inteligentes, Brazil's premier domestic airline, announced its preliminary air traffic figures for the month of November 2018, earlier this week which showed a steady increase in performance when compared to last year. GOL's domestic supply (ASK) and demand (RPK) increased by 1.1% and 2.9%, respectively. GOL's domestic load factor was 83.7%, a 1.5 p.p. increase in comparison to November 2017. The volume of departures decreased by 2.4% and seats increased by 1.9% over November 2017. The airlines' supply (ASK) and demand (RPK) increased by 27.5% and 30.8%, respectively, and international load factor was 76.0%, an increase of 1.9 p.p. in relation to November 2017. GOL's total supply (ASK) increased 4.0% due to a 1.9% increase in seats and a 2.0% decrease in departures. GOL's total demand (RPK) increased 5.7% in comparison to November 2017 and consolidated load factor was 82.6%.
Monthly Traffic Figures (¹)
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Accumulated Traffic Figures (¹)
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LTM Traffic Figures (¹)
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Operational data *
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Nov/18
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Nov/17
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% Var.
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11M18
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11M17
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% Var.
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Nov/18
LTM
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Nov/17
LTM
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% Var.
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Total GOL
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Departures
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20,143
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20,552
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-2.0%
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226,930
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227,188
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-0.1%
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250,395
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249,872
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0.2%
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Seats (thousand)
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3,503
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3,439
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1.9%
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38,925
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38,022
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2.4%
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42,855
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41,818
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2.5%
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ASK (million)
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3,958
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3,805
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4.0%
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43,349
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42,158
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2.8%
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47,887
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46,461
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3.1%
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RPK (million)
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3,270
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3,093
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5.7%
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34,485
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33,550
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2.8%
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38,166
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36,948
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3.3%
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Load Factor
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82.6%
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81.3%
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1.3 p.p
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79.6%
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79.6%
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0.0 p.p
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79.7%
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79.5%
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0.2 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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2,877
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2,749
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4.7%
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30,128
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29,398
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2.5%
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33,253
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32,337
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2.8%
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Domestic GOL
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Departures
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18,923
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19,396
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-2.4%
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214,211
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214,356
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-0.1%
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236,348
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235,841
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0.2%
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Seats (thousand)
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3,295
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3,235
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1.9%
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36,748
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35,753
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2.8%
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40,444
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39,337
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2.8%
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ASK (million)
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3,413
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3,377
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1.1%
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38,377
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37,416
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2.6%
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42,423
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41,290
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2.7%
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RPK (million)
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2,856
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2,776
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2.9%
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30,833
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29,950
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2.9%
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34,133
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33,029
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3.3%
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Load Factor
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83.7%
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82.2%
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1.5 p.p
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80.3%
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80.0%
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0.3 p.p
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80.5%
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80.0%
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0.5 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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2,717
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2,598
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4.6%
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28,471
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27,690
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2.8%
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31,416
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30,473
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3.1%
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International GOL
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Departures
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1,220
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1,156
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5.5%
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12,719
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12,832
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-0.9%
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14,047
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14,031
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0.1%
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Seats (thousand)
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208
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204
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2.0%
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2,177
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2,269
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-4.0%
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2,412
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2,481
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-2.8%
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ASK (million)
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545
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427
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27.5%
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4,972
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4,742
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4.9%
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5,464
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5,172
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5.7%
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RPK (million)
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414
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316
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30.8%
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3,652
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3,601
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1.4%
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4,032
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3,919
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2.9%
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Load Factor
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76.0%
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74.1%
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1.9 p.p
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73.4%
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75.9%
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-2.5 p.p
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73.8%
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75.8%
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-2.0 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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161
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150
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7.0%
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1,657
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1,708
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-3.0%
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1,837
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1,863
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-1.4%
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On-time Departures
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85.2%
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93.0%
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-7.8 p.p
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92.7%
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95.1%
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-2.4 p.p
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92.6%
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95.0%
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-2.4 p.p
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Flight Completion
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98.7%
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98.7%
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0.0 p.p
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98.4%
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98.4%
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0.0 p.p
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98.5%
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98.4%
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0.1 p.p
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Cargo Ton
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9.9
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9.8
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1.7%
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99.3
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92.3
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7.7%
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109.8
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102.1
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7.6%
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* Source: AgĆŖncia Nacional de AviaĆ§Ć£o Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.(1) Preliminary Figures
