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Montevideo, January 22nd 2025 - 06:41 UTC

Tag: Gol

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Azul and Gol announce merger to create aviation giant

    The new company would serve more than 200 destinations in Brazil and abroad but the process is at least one year away

    Brazilian airlines Azul and Gol announced Wednesday after trading closed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) that they had signed a memorandum of intent to finalize a merger whereby one of the largest airlines in Latin America would be created. If the plan goes through, the resulting airline would have a 60% share in Latin America's largest country, thus challenging Latam's hegemony.

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  • Saturday, September 21st 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Buenos Aires holds talks with Gol regarding Aerolineas Argentinas' future

    Francos insisted pilots' union leader Biró never gets tired of hurting Argentines

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Friday with representatives from the Brazilian airline Gol to discuss the possible handover of Aerolíneas Argentinas operations amid threats of additional strikes by pilots and cabin crewmembers. Earlier this month, some 37,000 travelers were affected by the protests seeking wage increases to cope with inflation.

  • Thursday, May 30th 2024 - 22:52 UTC

    Gol and Azul engaged in merger talks

    Each step needs to be carefully weighed to ensure it aligns with both companies’ strategic goals, it was explained

    Less than a week after announcing a codeshare agreement for flights marketed jointly but operated separately, Brazilian carriers Gol and Azul were reported to have engaged in talks that could lead to a full-size merger that would reshape the entire gameboard for the aviation industry in the region.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Azul and Gol launch codeshare partnership

    “This type of commercial agreement already exists between other national and international airlines around the world,” Costa Filho explained

    Brazilian carriers Azul and Gol announced an agreement whereby each company could sell seats on codeshare domestic flights solely operated by the other, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. The understanding will become effective next month, it was also explained. Routes on which both companies compete directly are excluded.

  • Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 20:32 UTC

    Avianca, GOL agree on strategic partnership

    The Abra Group also has a stake in Peru's Viva and in Chile's Sky Airlines

    A historic agreement has been reached between Colombian airline Avianca and Brazil's GOL whereby both companies will function under the same holding, thus increasing their mutual presence throughout Latin America, it was announced Wednesday.

  • Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

    Boeing 737 MAX returns to the skies on a commercial flight Sao Paulo/Porto Alegre

    Low-cost airline Gol's Flight 4104 from Sao Paulo arrived safely in the southern city of Porto Alegre about 70 minutes after take-off using the revamped jet

    More than 20 months after it was grounded following two deadly crashes, Boeing's 737 MAX returned to the skies on Wednesday with an incident-free commercial flight in Brazil, said AFP journalists on board.

  • Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

    American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal

    AA and Gol are also talking with other airlines about potential partnerships, the newspaper said, without elaborating

    American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.

  • Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 13:50 UTC

    Brazil consumer watchdog orders airlines to reduce 'abusive' domestic fare for 2014 World Cup

    The World Cup is expected to attract 600.000 foreign tourists

    Brazil's consumer watchdog Procon Rio do Janeiro branch has ordered five airlines to reduce “abusive” domestic fares during next year's FIFA World Cup. Avianca, TAM, Gol, Azul and Oceanair have been accused of inflating prices up to 10-fold during the June 12-July 13 tournament.