Philippines carrier Cebu Pacific appoints VMS as Sri Lanka representative

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The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) has appointed VMS Aviation Services Ltd., as its representative in Sri Lanka.

Having entered the aviation industry on March 1996 and pioneered the “low fare, great value” strategy. Cebu Pacific has since then flown 60 million passengers and counting.

CEB currently operates a fleet of 31 Airbus (10 A319 and 21 A320) and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft, the youngest fleet in the Philippines, and one of the youngest in Asia. It is the only 100% brand-new aircraft fleet in the country.

Aside from its 19 international destinations, CEB also creates an extensive network across the Philippines with its 32 domestic destinations. It operates from four strategically placed hubs: Manila, Cebu, Clark and Davao. On November 2012, it will launch its fifth hub, Iloilo, with direct Hong Kong-Iloilo and Singapore-Iloilo flights.

CEB offers the lowest year-round fares for all its flights. The airline remains to be the pioneer in creative pricing strategies as it manages to offer the lowest fare in every route it operates. Popular seat sales are the PHP500 all-in fares and 50% off seat sales.

Its international destinations include Brunei, Cambodia (Siem Reap), China (Beijing), China (Guangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Xiamen), Hong Kong, Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Osaka), Korea (Busan), Korea (Incheon), Macau, Malaysia (Kota Kinabalu), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Singapore, Taiwan (Taipei), Thailand (Bangkok), Vietnam (Hanoi) and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh).

The domestic destinations of the carrier are Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Busuanga (Coron), Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tawi-Tawi, Tuguegarao, Virac and Zamboanga

VMS Travels, a reputed IATA travel agency in Sri Lankan with an unblemished track record of 25 years, offering dedicated services to the traveling public in the industry Sri Lanka. It was formed by Vigneswaran who was honored and awarded gold as a legend by the former chief justice at the IATA Travel Agent award ceremony

Vigneswaran counts over 40 years of services, of which 18 years was devoted to Swiss Air. With the growth in business and it was a necessity for the company to move from the Galadari Hotel to a commercial district in Colombo.

The present office is located at 164, Galle Road Colombo 4 which also offers ample parking facilities to our valued customers. The Company also cater to inbound tours, ground transportation and cargo handling.

To accommodate airline GSAs a subsidiary company was corporate under the name of VMS Aviation Air Services Pvt Ltd. The company, with senior management in the hands of Tillet Perera and Sasi Ganeshan and backed by a talented team of airlines professionals, also represents Ethiopian Airlines in Sri Lanka in addition to offering management expertise to China Southern Airlines.