GOL and Air France-KLM Sign Commercial Cooperation Agreement

SAO PAULO — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil‘s low-cost airline, announces today it has entered a commercial agreement with Air France-KLM. The collaboration, which will be implemented in two phases, will allow for the integration of GOL’s SMILES and Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue mileage programs and lays the groundwork for a future code-share agreement.

Air France-KLM, a member of the SkyTeam global alliance, is the largest air transport group in Europe and operates a vast network from its main hubs, located in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and Schiphol in Amsterdam. Currently, the group carries 75 million passengers to 248 global destinations and has a fleet of 620 aircraft. It serves Brazil with 35 weekly direct flights: 21 to Sao Paulo and 14 to Rio de Janeiro, operated by Boeing 777-200, 777-300, 747-400 and Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

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