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Azul Reports October Traffic

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10-Nov-2017 Azul S.A., "Azul", (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for October 2017.

Passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 12.1% compared to October 2016 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 7.7%. As a result, load factor was 82.9%, 3.4 percentage points higher than in the same period last year.

Year-to-date load factor increased 2.5 percentage points over last year, reaching 81.9%. Domestic load factor was 80.1% and international was 90.2%.

Oct-17

Oct-16

% ∆

YTD 2017

YTD 2016

% ∆

Total

RPK (million)

1,689

1,506

12.1%

17,067

14,968

14.0%

ASK (million)

2,038

1,893

7.7%

20,832

18,859

10.5%

Load factor

82.9%

79.5%

+3.4 p.p.

81.9%

79.4%

+2.5 p.p.

Domestic

RPK (million)

1,306

1,244

5.0%

13,622

12,549

8.6%

ASK (million)

1,615

1,609

0.3%

17,012

16,056

6.0%

Load factor

80.9%

77.3%

+3.6 p.p.

80.1%

78.2%

+1.9 p.p.

International

RPK (million)

383

262

46.1%

3,445

2,419

42.4%

ASK (million)

424

284

49.3%

3,820

2,803

36.3%

Load factor

90.5%

92.4%

-1.9 p.p.

90.2%

86.3%

+3.9 p.p.