VRG Launches Flights to Mexico City

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 11 /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 that today VRG began daily operations of its newest international route: Sao Paulo - Mexico City.

Daily flights will depart from Guarulhos International Airport at 11:00 AM (local time), arriving in the Mexican capital at 4:45 PM (local time). Return flights will depart from Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport at 6:45 PM (local time), landing in Sao Paulo at 8:25 AM (local time).

"As our first destination in North America, this new route to Mexico City represents a key step in VRG's international expansion, which currently includes service to several cities in South America and Europe," says Lincoln Amano, VRG's commercial director. The Company currently flies to Frankfurt, London, Paris and Rome in Europe; and Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas and Santiago in South America.

According to data from Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Mexico was the sixth largest importer of Brazilian goods and services in 2006, spending US$ 4.4 billion on Brazilian exports -- a 7.1 percent increase over 2005 and 3.23 percent of the country's total international commerce. Brazil imported US$ 1.3 billion of Mexican goods and services in 2006, up 55 percent over the prior year.

According to Embratur, Mexico ranked fifteenth among the top 20 countries providing tourists to Brazil in 2006. Approximately 70,000 Mexican tourists visited Brazil in 2006, while nearly 43,000 Brazilians traveled to the North American country over the same period.

Tickets to Mexico City are available for purchase through VRG's website (http://www.varig.com) and the Company's call centers.

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