Beginning 4Q09, American will add its code to GOL flights from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Recife, offering passengers seamless connections

SAO PAULO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (the 'Company') (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces today it has entered into a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement with American Airlines, which will allow members of each frequent flyer program to earn and redeem miles on each other's airline and lays the groundwork for a codeshare agreement.

'This agreement adds additional value for each airline's customers. With this collaboration, not only are we offering SMILES members service across the United States, but we're also providing access to destinations in all continents through a partner that offers a high quality product,' says Constantino de Oliveira Junior, GOL's CEO. 'Similarly, GOL will now offer American Airlines' customers access to more destinations within South America's largest country and the continent's fastest growing airline.'

Beginning August 1, 2009, SMILES members will earn miles when they purchase and fly on an eligible fare ticket on American Airlines*. Alternatively, AAdvantage(R) members will earn miles when they fly on an eligible fare ticket on GOL or VARIG. In the second half of 2009, members will also be able to redeem miles for travel on any of the airlines.

'We are starting to see the results of the hard work our Alliance, Pricing, Planning and IT teams launched over a year ago to better integrate GOL and the international airline community,' says Wilson Maciel Ramos, GOL's vice president - planning and IT.

In addition to the benefits of the frequent flyer agreement, GOL and American have a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a codeshare agreement, expected to start in the 4Q09. Under the agreement, American will add its code to GOL flights from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Recife, offering passengers seamless connections.

American Airlines, a member of the oneworld global alliance, operates the largest number of weekly frequencies between Brazil and the United States (nearly 60). The carrier offers daily flights from Dallas, Miami and New York to five Brazilian cities -- Belo Horizonte (Confins), Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo -- operated by Boeing 777-200s, 767-300s and 757-300s. Together, GOL and American offer 4,200 daily flights to more than 300 destinations around the globe.

* During the first month of the partnership, miles earned for flights may take up to three weeks to be posted to SMILES members' accounts.

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