Brazil's GOL releases preliminary traffic figures for March 2021

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil's largest domestic airline, has released details of its preliminary air traffic figures for the month of March 2021, compared to the same period in 2020.

During March, GOL operated an average of 245 flights per day, and adjusted frequencies to match lower demand in its hubs in Congonhas (São Paulo), Galeão (Rio de Janeiro), Brasília (Distrito Federal), Fortaleza (Ceará) and Salvador (Bahia). GOL remains disciplined in its leadership of the market.

March/21 x February/21 Highlights:  

In the domestic market in March 2021, demand (RPK) for GOL's flights decreased 32% over February 2021 and supply (ASK) decreased by 23% over February 2021, primarily due to a reduction in the demand for airline tickets and an increase in cancellations and no-shows deriving from the effects of a second wave of Covid-19. GOL's domestic load factor was 71.8% in March.

GOL did not operate regular international flights during the month.

March/21 Preliminary Traffic Figures:

	Monthly Traffic Figures (¹)			Quarterly Traffic Figures(¹)			LTM Traffic Figures (¹)
Operating data *	Mar/21	Mar/20	% Var.	1Q21	1Q20	% Var.	Mar/21 LTM	Mar/20 LTM	% Var.
Total GOL
Departures	7,581	15,797	-52.0%	32,689	62,956	-48.1%	94,261	258,562	-63.5%
Seats (thousand)	1,331	2,698	-50.7%	5,723	10,834	-47.2%	16,429	45,260	-63.7%
ASK (million)	1,609	3,079	-47.8%	6,976	12,462	-44.0%	19,655	50,489	-61.1%
RPK (million)	1,154	2,206	-47.7%	5,570	9,947	-44.0%	15,749	41,185	-61.8%
Load factor	71.8%	71.6%	0.2 p.p	79.8%	79.8%	0.0 p.p	80.1%	81.6%	-1.4 p.p
Pax on board (thousand)	937	1,868	-49.8%	4,485	8,346	-46.3%	12,915	35,832	-64.0%
Domestic GOL
Departures	7,581	14,783	-48.7%	32,689	58,570	-44.2%	94,255	241,531	-61.0%
Seats (thousand)	1,331	2,525	-47.3%	5,723	10,084	-43.2%	16,428	42,324	-61.2%
ASK (million)	1,609	2,666	-39.7%	6,976	10,682	-34.7%	19,652	43,599	-54.9%
RPK (million)	1,154	1,942	-40.6%	5,570	8,660	-35.7%	15,747	35,991	-56.2%
Load factor	71.8%	72.9%	-1.1 p.p	79.8%	81.1%	-1.2 p.p	80.1%	82.5%	-2.4 p.p
Pax on board (thousand)	937	1,756	-46.6%	4,485	7,853	-42.9%	12,914	33,814	-61.8%
International GOL
Departures	0	1,014	N.A.	0	4,386	N.A.	6	17,031	N.A.
Seats (thousand)	0	173	N.A.	0	750	N.A.	1	2,936	N.A.
ASK (million)	0	413	N.A.	0	1,780	N.A.	4	6,890	N.A.
RPK (million)	0	263	N.A.	0	1,288	N.A.	2	5,195	N.A.
Load factor	0	63.8%	N.A.	0	72.3%	N.A.	56.2%	75.4%	-19.2 p.p
Pax on board (thousand)	0	113	N.A.	0	493	N.A.	1	2,018	N.A.
On-time Departures	97.9%	96.7%	1.2 p.p	96.3%	92.6%	3.7 p.p	95.6%	90.3%	5.3 p.p
Flight Completion	96.5%	92.2%	4.3 p.p	98.4%	97.5%	1.0 p.p	97.6%	98.3%	-0.7 p.p
Cargo Ton (thousand)	3.6	6.2	-41.7%	10.0	20.2	-50.7%	30.7	96.9	-68.3%

* Source: Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.

(1) Preliminary Figures

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