GOL Linhas AĆ©reas Inteligentes Brazil's #1 airline, announced today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of December 2017. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2016.
GOL's Highlights
The total volume of GOL departures increased by 3.4% and the number of seats was up 3.5% in December, resulting in an increase in supply of 5.5%. GOL's load factor was 81.0% in December 2017, 2.0 p.p. up over the same period of 2016, due to a growth in demand of 8.2% in the period.
In the domestic market, the volume of departures and number of seats increased by 3.0% and 3.1%, respectively over December 2016. In addition, GOL increased its supply by 4.5% in December over the same period the year before, while demand grew by 7.0%. GOL's Load factor was up 1.9 p.p. in comparison to the same month of the previous year, achieving 81.4%.
In December 2017, GOL's international market supply and demand rose by 14.5% and 19.3%, respectively, increasing load factor by 3.2 p.p. in relation to the same period of 2016.
Monthly Traffic Figures (¹)
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Quarter Traffic Figures (¹)
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Accumulated YTD Traffic Figures (¹)
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Operational data *
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Dec/17
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Dec/16
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% Var.
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4Q17
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4Q16
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% Var.
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12M17
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12M16
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% Var.
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Total GOL
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Departures
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23,465
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22,684
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3.4%
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64,910
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63,860
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1.6%
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250,654
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261,514
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-4.2%
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Seats (thousand)
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3,930
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3,796
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3.5%
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10,872
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10,697
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1.6%
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41,953
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43,641
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-3.9%
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ASK (million)
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4,539
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4,303
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5.5%
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12,212
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11,800
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3.5%
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46,693
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46,330
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0.8%
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RPK (million)
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3,675
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3,397
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8.2%
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9,876
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9,161
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7.8%
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37,211
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35,928
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3.6%
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Load Factor
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81.0%
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79.0%
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2.0 p.p
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80.9%
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77.6%
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3.2 p.p
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79.7%
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77.5%
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2.1 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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3,125
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2,939
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6.3%
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8,667
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8,106
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6.9%
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32,471
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32,356
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0.4%
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Domestic GOL
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Departures
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22,137
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21,485
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3.0%
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61,262
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60,393
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1.4%
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236,493
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246,923
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-4.2%
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Seats (thousand)
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3,696
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3,584
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3.1%
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10,228
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10,084
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1.4%
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39,449
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41,069
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-3.9%
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ASK (million)
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4,047
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3,873
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4.5%
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10,863
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10,568
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2.8%
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41,459
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41,104
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0.9%
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RPK (million)
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3,295
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3,079
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7.0%
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8,864
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8,230
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7.7%
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33,231
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32,031
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3.7%
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Load Factor
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81.4%
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79.5%
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1.9 p.p
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81.6%
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77.9%
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3.7 p.p
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80.2%
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77.9%
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2.2 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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2,945
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2,784
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5.8%
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8,186
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7,652
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7.0%
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30,581
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30,474
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0.4%
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International GOL
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Departures
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1,328
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1,199
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10.8%
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3,648
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3,467
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5.2%
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14,161
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14,591
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-2.9%
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Seats (thousand)
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234
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212
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10.5%
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644
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613
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5.0%
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2,503
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2,571
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-2.6%
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ASK (million)
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492
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430
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14.5%
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1,348
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1,232
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9.4%
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5,234
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5,226
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0.2%
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RPK (million)
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380
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318
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19.3%
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1,012
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931
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8.7%
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3,980
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3,897
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2.1%
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Load Factor
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77.2%
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74.1%
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3.2 p.p
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75.1%
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75.6%
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-0.5 p.p
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76.0%
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74.6%
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1.5 p.p
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Pax on board (thousand)
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180
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155
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16.0%
|
481
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454
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6.0%
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1,890
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1,881
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0.4%
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On-time Departures
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90.6%
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93.8%
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-3.2 p.p
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92.5%
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94.0%
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-1.5 p.p
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94.7%
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94.8%
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-0.1 p.p
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Flight Completion
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99.0%
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98.7%
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0.3 p.p
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98.8%
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98.3%
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0.5 p.p
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98.5%
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94.2%
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4.3 p.p
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Cargo Ton
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10.5
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9.8
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7.2%
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29.2
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27.9
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4.7%
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103.3
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96.1
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7.5%
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* Source: AgĆŖncia Nacional de AviaĆ§Ć£o Civil (ANAC) and the Company for the current month.(1) Preliminary Figures
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