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Reportedly, GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES, the second largest airline in Brazil, is negotiating, in cooperation with Air France-KLM, the possibility to use Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) as a hub between South and North America. Gol also would have plans to establish an operational base in the island and most likely to station one of its Boeing 737-800 there.

The interest around Hato Airport rises because one of the new shareholders of GOL - a Brazilian investor - holds also 80% of Curaçao Airport Partners.

Curaçao International Airport (HATO) has had, since 2003, a 30-year concession to develop, operate and maintain the airport. The airport currently serves 1 million passengers per year and has the longest runway in the Caribbean region.

GOL offers daily flights to more destinations in Brazil than any other national airline. With the GOL and VARIG brands, the company flies to 59 destinations, connecting all of Brazil’s major cities and ten Latin American destinations, in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Rosario), Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), Venezuela (Caracas), Chile (Santiago), Colombia (Bogota), Paraguay (Asuncion), Peru (Lima) and Uruguay (Montevideo).

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