VRG Announces Interline Agreement with TAP Portugal
SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE:GOL)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:Bovespa:)(NYSE:GOLL4), the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. ("GTA", Brazil's low-cost, low- fare airline) and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. ("VRG", Brazil's premium service airline), announces an interline agreement between VRG and Portugal's TAP Portugal. Passengers of both airlines can purchase tickets to all destinations served by VRG and TAP.
VRG currently serves two of the most important destinations in Europe: Madrid and Paris. Through this new partnership, the Company's passengers will now also have access to additional destinations through TAP's route network, including Portugal, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Since September 2007, VRG has participated in MITA (Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement), an IATA network of airlines from around the world. All MITA members have the option to enter interline agreements with other member airlines.
In addition to this new partnership, VRG maintains interline agreements with Brazil's GOL, France's Air France, Germany's Hahn Air, Greece's Aegean, Holland's KLM, Hungary's Malev, Israel's El Al, Italy's Air One, Japan's Japan Airlines (JAL), Mexico's Mexicana, Moldova's Air Moldova, Poland's LOT Polish Airlines, South Korea's Korean Air, Spain's Iberia and Air Comet, Qatar's Qatar Airways, the Czech Republic's CSA Czech Airlines, the Ukraine's Ukraine International Airlines and the United States' Delta Air Lines. Passengers traveling under the Smiles frequent flier program can only accumulate miles on flights operated by VRG.
About GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. is the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. ("GTA", a low-cost, low-fare airline which operates the GOL brand) and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. ("VRG", a premium service airline which operates the VARIG brand). GTA and VRG offer daily flights to more destinations in Brazil than any other domestic airline while providing customers with the most convenient flight schedules in the country. The airlines operate a young, modern fleet of Boeing aircraft, the safest and most comfortable aircraft of its class, with low maintenance, fuel and training costs, and high aircraft utilization and efficiency ratios. FCMN Contact: mz.gol@mz-ir.com
CONTACT: U.S. & Europe: Gabriela Juncadella, +1-212-704-4448, Web site: http://www.voegol.com.br/ir
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