Gol growing, Latin Trade is there...

Rio de Janeiro - A Gol, que já representa quase 90% do tamanho da Varig no mercado doméstico, encurtou a distância que a separa da tradicional empresa aérea, segunda colocada no ranking do setor, que é liderado pela TAM. Dados do Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC) relativos a março mostram que a Gol, que opera há quatro anos, detém 26,09% do mercado, enquanto a fatia da Varig é de 29,89%. A TAM detém 41,73% do mercado. O Estado S. Paulo

Gol is closing the gap. Latin Trade Brazil Editor Carlos Adese was all over this in March, with his big, flood-the-zones coverage of Gol, TAM, Varig and all the rest.

Adese writes in our March edition:

Gol seems to be in quite a hurry to grow. In 2004 the airline lofted a successful initial public offering on the São Paulo and New York stock exchanges and drew up plans to go international in 2007, beginning with two daily flights from São Paulo to Buenos Aires. Gol expects to offer travel across South America in the same way it serves its 30 destinations in Brazil from São Paulo to Manaus, which is not much of a stretch considering the distances it would have to fly abroad are the same as those it already flies inside Brazil's borders. "We believe that it is possible to fly around South America with the same model under which we operate in Brazil," says Tarcísio Gargioni, vice president of marketing, research and services at Gol.