GOL registers traffic boost

There’s record demand for GOL flights and the Caribbean has something to do with it.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Thursday July 8, 2010 – New flights to the Caribbean give Latin America’s largest low-cost airline a boost.

GOL Airlines says it has registered record demand in June.

“The inauguration of new flights to the Caribbean - currently served by six destinations: Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Panama, Punta Cana and Saint Maarten…contributed to the growth of international network demand,” the Brazilian airline said in a statement released yesterday.

Last month, the company registered a 10 percent year-over-year growth in demand in its route network, with the domestic market increasing 8.3 percent.

It said that in addition to the Caribbean factor, the growth in demand was due to combined effect of  GOL’s competitive advantages, especially its low-cost structure and short-haul flights; and optimization of the international route network among other things.