GOL Submits Formal Request to Operate Regular Flights to the United States

13-Mar-2012 GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL) (S&P/Fitch:BB-/BB-, Moody's: B1), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, hereby announces that it has made a formal request to the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) to operate regular flights between Brazil, Venezuela and the United States. The decision was based on the results of internal feasibility studies and is in line with the Company's business model, based on a standardized fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft.