RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – GOL reported on Wednesday (4) that its demand measured by passengers per paid kilometers transported (RPK) rose 173.3% in July, compared to the same period in 2020.
Supply, measured by the indicator seat per kilometer offered (ASK), increased 152.4% in the month, compared to July last year. The occupancy rate in the period rose 6.4 percentage points year-on-year, to 84.5%.
GOL performed 12,677 takeoffs in July, an increase of 133.9% compared to the same month in 2020, all domestic flights. The number of passengers carried jumped 168.3% to 1.8 million.
A 32.2% drop in demand was registered from January to July, while supply fell 32.7% year-on-year. The company’s occupancy rate, however, advanced 0.8 percentage points over 2020, to 81.6%.