New Delhi, July 8 2009: SpiceJet today announced the appointment of its first General Sales Agency in Sri Lanka. Jetwing Air (Pvt) Ltd, based out of Colombo has been appointed with immediate effect.

As per an exclusive agreement, Jetwing will promote, advertise and sell SpiceJet products and services to people residing in Sri Lanka.

Commenting on this Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet Limited said. “With this step, we begin to expand our distribution footprint to Sri Lanka and make SpiceJet tickets available through Travel Agents, for people living overseas. This is a significant move that will enable residents of Sri Lanka to travel easily, for both business and leisure, to various destinations within India. In the long run this will contribute significantly to inbound traffic into India.”

“Jetwing has the expertise and the reach to stimulate the market and we believe that they are our right partners in this region” he concluded.

Hiran Cooray, Head of Jetwing group, said, “We are delighted to work with SpiceJet. The network presence, the timings, enhanced customer focus and emphasis on safe and reliable travel have placed SpiceJet among the best in the industry. We are confident that travelers from Sri Lanka will find this arrangement efficient and more and more people will be able to travel to India, hassle free.”

Jetwing Air is the second GSA that SpiceJet has appointed to stimulate the overseas market. Earlier the company had appointed Qatar Tours in Doha.

About Jetwing:

Jetwing is one of Sri Lanka’s leading travel service providers with offices across the world. It has over 10 years of experience servicing the Indian market. The Jetwing Group is headed by Hiran Cooray, Chairman Designate of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) 2010/2011. The Airline Division is headed by Sunil Peiris, former Chief Marketing Officer, SriLankan Airlines and Chief Operating Officer, Air Lanka. Jetwing represent 12 International Airlines as its General Sales Agents in Sri Lanka and own and manage over 8% of the Countrys Hotel rooms