=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2006/02/14/financial/= f054110S80.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (AP) Gol Airline Starts Service to Paraguay (02-14) 05:41 PST SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's Gol airline is adding Paraguay to its list of international destinations, continuing a steady push toward boosting its presence across South America, the company said Tuesday Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA will start daily service to Asuncion, Paraguay from the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires starting Wednesday, the company said in a statement. It will be Gol's sixth international destination. The company has three destinations in Argentina and one each in Bolivia and Uruguay, though most of its 430 daily flights are still concentrated in Brazil. The wildly successful low-frills Gol started service in Brazil in 2001 with service to just six Brazilian cities. It has since overtaken Brazil's Viacao Aerea Riograndense SA, or Varig, to become the second-largest carrier in Latin America's largest country after TAM Linhas Aereas SA. Gol also has plans to launch service to the Chilean capital of Santiago, and to Venezuela's Caracas. The company making plans to participate in a joint venture to launch a Mexican airline that will serve the domestic market with an eye toward expansion to U.S. destinations. -----------------= ----------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2006 AP