VRG Begins Ticket Sales to Paris and Rome

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the parent company of Brazil's low-cost airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. ("GTA", which operates the GOL brand) and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. ("VRG", which operates the VARIG brand), today began selling tickets for VRG's newest route, Sao Paulo - Paris - Rome.

"VRG has already launched two daily flights to Germany and is actively expanding its operations to Europe," says Lincoln Amano, commercial director at VRG. "France and Italy are important destinations for VRG, not only because of increasing customer demand, but also because of strong commercial ties between South America and both countries." The Company currently flies to Frankfurt, Germany; Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Caracas, Venezuela.

Daily flights will depart from Guarulhos International Airport at 11:59 pm (local time), landing in the French capital at 4:20 pm (local time) before continuing to the Italian city at 5:30 pm (local time), arriving at 7:15 pm (local time). Returning to Brazil, flights take off from Rome's Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) Airport at 8:50 pm (local time), landing at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport at 10:45 pm (local time), departing for Sao Paulo at 11:50 p.m. (local time) and arriving at 6:50 am (local time).

Tickets to Paris and Rome are available for purchase through VRG's website (www.varig.com.br). Please see the destination table below for flight departure schedules:

    Origin         Destination     Frequency       Departure*       Arrival*
    Sao Paulo       Paris            Daily         11:59 PM         4:20 PM
    Paris           Sao Paulo        Daily         11:50 PM         6:50 AM
    Sao Paulo       Rome             Daily         11:59 PM         7:15 PM
    Rome            Sao Paulo        Daily          8:50 PM         6:50 AM
    Paris           Rome             Daily          5:30 PM         7:15 PM
    Rome            Paris            Daily          8:50 PM        10:45 PM

    * Local Time

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