VRG Announces Interline Agreement with Copa

SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A., announces an interline agreement between VRG and Panama-based Copa Airlines. Effective immediately, travel agencies can issue e-tickets for VRG's domestic flights in conjunction with Copa's international destinations.

The agreement will offer additional benefits for VRG passengers in Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife or Salvador. From these cities, customers traveling to Central America, the Caribbean, the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela can now connect to Copa flights with just one ticket. Additionally, passengers will have the added convenience of checking their luggage through to their final destination.

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 these new partnerships, VRG maintains interline agreements with Brazil's GOL, France's Air France, Germany's Hahn Air, Greece's Aegean, Holand'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, Portugal's TAP Portugal, South Korea's Korean Air, Spain's Iberia and Air Comet, Qatar's Qatar Airways, Taiwan's China Airlines, the Czech Republic's CSA Czech Airlines, the Ukraine's Ukraine International Airlines, the United Arab Emirates' Etihad Airways, the United States' Delta Air Lines and Turkey's Turkish Airlines.

Passengers traveling under the Smiles frequent flier program can only accumulate miles on flights operated by VRG.

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About GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A.

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4) is the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. GTA offers over 640 daily flights to 57 destinations connecting the most important cities in Brazil as well as the main destinations in South America. VRG offers over 120 daily flights to 14 destinations in Brazil. GTA and VRG 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.