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GOL and AeroMexico sign code-share agreement

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07-Oct-2009 GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, and AeroMexico announce that the companies have signed a code-share agreement. The companies are also evaluating the possibility of linking their frequent flyer programs, GOL's SMILES and Aeromexico's Club Premier.

Under the code-share agreement, AeroMexico will add its IATA code to GOL flights from São Paulo to six Brazilian destinations: Rio de Janeiro (RJ - Galeão and Santos Dumont airports), Belo Horizonte (MG), Porto Alegre (RS), Curitiba (PR), Brasília (DF) and Salvador (BA). The Mexican company will benefit its clients with more flight connection options throughout Brazil, while represents an additional sales channel, increasing passenger traffic and load factor for the Brazilian carrier.

Headquartered in México DF, Aeromexico is the only company that offers daily flights between São Paulo (Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos) and Mexico DF, operating Boeing 777 aircraft. AeroMexico Group, with its regional subsidiaries, operates 600 daily flights and carried more than 10 million passengers in 2008.

In compliance with standard regulation requirements, GOL will submit the contract to Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the Brazilian aviation authority, and to Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), the antitrust counsel, for their evaluation before implementing the agreement