GOL announces 737 MAX-8 configuration

Brazil’s largest domestic airline plans to configure its fleet of new Boeing 737 MAX-8 aircraft and reconfigure its fleet of Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft, increasing the number of seats by 5%, from current 177 to 186 seats. The new configuration to be completed by July 2018 will maintain GOL+Conforto spaces throughout the fleet, which have 34-inch pitch (86.3cm space between seats) and 50% greater seatback recline, as well as GOL Premium class on all international flights. According to Celso Ferrer, GOL’s vice president of planning, “this new configuration will allow us to remain leaders of comfort in the