The airline Gol announced a net loss of R $ 1.13 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. Throughout the past year, the company lost US $ 4.29 billion, an increase of 284% over the negative result 2014 .
This is the worst loss in history Gol. The result also exceeds the highest annual joint loss in the airline industry for one year, recorded in 2012, when all combined companies had a loss of R $ 3.63 billion.
The company justified the results mainly by the devaluation of the real against the dollar, which was close to 50% last year. Expenses such as jet fuel, aircraft leasing and fleet maintenance are priced in US currency.
In addition to the negative results, Gol also released some "guidances" (goals) operating in 2016. The airline projects a drop in seat supply, measured by multiplying the number of seats available for each flight distance (ASK, the acronym in English) from 5% to 8% this year and down 15% to 18% of the total seats 2016.
"This initiative aims at the adequacy of the company to the current level of market demand, and to mitigate the inflationary impact of 10.7% and foreign exchange of 47% in 2015 in our results" , said the president of Gol, Paul Kakinoff, the company 's balance sheet.
