Gol
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Gol Transportes Aéreos is a low-cost airline based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It operates a growing domestic and international scheduled network. Its main bases are Congonhas Domestic Airport, Sao Paulo and Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro. Gol also has hubs at Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia International Airport, Salvador Airport, Fortaleza Airport, Porto Alegre Airport (POA), Guararapes International Airport, Recife and Afonso Pena International Airport, Curitiba.
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History
The airline was established in 2000 and started operations on 15 January 2001. It is a subsidiary of Brazilian conglomerate Grupo Aurea, which has other transport interests including Brazil's largest long-distance bus company. Gol's unprecedented low fares revolutionized the domestic Brazilian air travel market. As of 2004, Gol had carried 11,600,000 passengers, and constituted 20% of the Brazilian air travel market. On 24 June 2004 Gol launched simultaneous initial public offerings on the New York and Sao Paulo stock exchanges. It is now owned by AeroPar Participacoes (77%), Venture (17.6%) and American International Group (5.4%) and employs 3,303 staff.
Services
Gol operates services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (at January 2005): Belém, Belo Horizonte, Boa Vista, Brasília, Campinas, Campo Grande, Caxias do Sul, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Iguassu Falls, Joinville, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Natal, Navegantes, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Luís, São Paulo, Teresina, Uberlândia and Vitória.
On 16 September 2005, Gol started flights to Buenos Aires, the first international destination of the airline
Fleet
The Gol fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2005):
- 8 Boeing 737-300
- 21 Boeing 737-700
- 8 Boeing 737-800 (further 18 on order)
Gol has ordered a further 30 Boeing 737-800 aircraft (ref: Airliner World, October 2005).
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