Negros Navigation slashes ticket rates

CEBU, Philippines - In response to the growing number of passengers who wish to avail of affordable tickets to get to other provinces, Negros Navigation is offering its Love Month Crazy Sale for February.

Gian Galvez, head of the National Marketing and Public Relations, said that since they launched their promo last week, they got very good feedback and in fact promo slots were already taken in just a few days after the promo was announced.

Galvez said that with the continuous requests of the public, they decided to add more promo allocations and have doubled their promo slots to thousands.

“Lovers, families and ‘barkadas’ can now avail of the low rates and can afford to travel in groups since rates are really low. We also advise people who are interested in purchasing low fare tickets to troop to ticket outlets on the promo dates and we assure them that there’s going to be a promo ticket waiting,” added Galvez.

Negros Navigation offers more promo slots for Visayas to Manila routes for as low as P477 and Mindanao to Manila departures for only P777.

Sailing dates are between February 14 – 28, 2010. It is also selling low fare tickets to those traveling during the period of March 22 to April 4.

The company’s continued heed for customer’s convenience is part of their aim to help the public which has greatly attributed to their positive performance in 2009.

Negros Navigation Co., Inc. posted a net income of P203 million for the first semester of the year 2009 which was 50 percent higher compared to the same period in 2008. The company credits this to the growth in revenues plus the marked decreases in both operating and administrative expenses.

According to the company’s 2009 report, total revenues for the year 2009 leaped seven percent from P968 million in the previous year to P1,035 million in 2009.--- AJ dela Torre