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Burma plans Phuket resort flights

A Burmese airline is launching twice-weekly flights between Rangoon and the Thai resort island of Phuket.

A spokeswoman for the airline told the Myanmar Times the service will begin in early December on Mondays and Fridays.

Each flight will accommodate around 100 passengers.

Air Bagan also announced plans to increase the number of flights on its existing route from Rangoon to the northern Thai town of Chiang Mai.

http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au...57.htm?desktop

Air Bagan will launch twice-a-week flights between Yangon and Phuket beach in December. The Phuket route will use a Fokker aircraft with a capacity for 100 passengers. The privately run airline also plans to open new routes to Bangkok; Siem Reap, Cambodia; Kunming, China; Kuala Lumpur and Singapore ''in the near future,'' the Myanmar Times reported

http://phuketwan.com/tourism/bangkok...y-today-12988/

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AsianDragons

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 26, 2010

Yangon Airport flight schedule can be found here

http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/flight/flight.html

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-10/02/c_13539957.htm

hakz2007

· #5 · Oct 6, 2010

MAI to launch Bangkok-Singapore flight in October

YANGON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Airways International (MAI) run by the private sector will launch daily flights between Bangkok and Singapore from the end of this month, sources with the airline said on Saturday.

It will be another air route between Bangkok and Singapore, operated by the airline, using an Airbus-type aircraft, from Oct. 31 to March 26, the sources said adding that the tickets will be sold through authorized agents.

MAI flights already linked Yangon with Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Gaya in India and the airline plans to start services to China's Guangzhou at the end of November.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flight service between Ho Chi Minh and Yangon on Nov. 15 in addition to Hanoi-Yangon flight to enhance trade between the two countries.

The Myanmar Airways (MA), which is a domestic airline, is planning to buy three airbuses from China to substitute with the existing F-32 type aircrafts in use, sources with the aviation authority said.

There are 13 foreign airlines flying Yangon which comprise Air China, China Southern Airline, Thai Airways International, Indian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Silk Air, Malaysian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Mandarin, Jetstar Asia, Phuket Airline, Thai Air Asia and Vietnam Airlines.

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AsianDragons

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 8, 2010

AsianDragons said:
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addition Vietnam Airlines to start Saigon(Ho Chi Minh City)-Yangon

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Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 26, 2010

New airline prepares for November launch
By Zaw Win Than
October 25 - 31, 2010
SPURRED by the prospect of rising tourist numbers after the November 7 election, a new private domestic airline with mystery investors is set to begin flights next month.

Asian Wings Airways will begin flying to a range of local destinations from mid-November, U Maung Maung Shwe Moe, the company’s general manager, said last week.

“The tourist season is just beginning, so it’s the right time to establish a new airline. We expect a good response from passengers,” he said. “For the moment, our airline is under development and we are awaiting permission to operate.”

The airline will use two ATR 72-500 aircraft that can accommodate about 70 passengers, and will fly regular scheduled flights to Nyaung Oo, Mandalay, Heho, Thandwe and Sittwe and less frequent flights to Tachileik, Lashio, Homalin, Myitkyina, as well as southern destinations such as Dawei, Kawthoung and Myeik.

“Arrival numbers have been increasing. Most tourists visiting Myanmar come via Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Kunming,” he said.

U Maung Maung Shwe Moe denied reports that the new airline was connected to Htoo Trading, which owns Air Bagan, and Yangon-based ticketing agency Sun Far Travel.

However, he refused to say who was behind the new airline.

“I just would like to say that Asian Wings is a privately owned company established in the middle of this year. We are an independent company and we don’t have any affiliation with any of the other airlines or any travel company,” he said.

“As our airline is under development, we are not ready to give details about who our shareholders are. We will provide all the details about airline when we launch officially.”

He said, however, that the airline would get support from other domestic airlines. “We have put a proposal to Myanma Airways to hire their experienced pilots. We will also receive different support from other airlines,” he said.

Another new domestic airline, Air Kanbawza, owned by Kanbawza Bank, is also expected to start services before the end of the year, using five 100-seat Canadian-made MA-60 planes and ATR-72s. Myanmar has four main domestic passenger airlines: Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways, Air Bagan and state-run Myanma Airways.

http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/news/546/news54615.html

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Discussion Starter · #8 · Oct 28, 2010

Myanmar airline to operate Yangon-Guangzhou flight service
Source: Xinhua [13:07 July 22 2010] Comments The Myanmar Airway International ( MAI) is planning to operate a new route between Yangon and Guangzhou by October this year in a bid to enhance the country's tourism industry, sources with the aviation authority said on Thursday.
For the purpose, the airline is going to add a new airplane -- Airbus A-320, the sources said.
The MAI will become another airline flying between the two destinations after China Southern Airlines.
MAI was once a joint venture set up by the state-run Myanmar Airways and a Singapore-based company in 1993 for sole international service flights covering three scheduled flight destinations -- Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
In 2007, the Region Air of Hong Kong took over the stake from the Singapore's with 49 percent held by it, while the remainder 51 percent possessed by the state-run Myanmar Airways.
In May this year, a giant Myanmar private company group, Kanbawza, took over the MAI for continuous operation under the government's privatization plan.
The Kanbawza bought up 80 percent stake of the airline with the remainder continued to be held by the government.
MAI is currently operating regular flight services to four destinations -- Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Gaya.

http://business.globaltimes.cn/industries/2010-07/554889.html

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hkskyline

· #9 · Nov 25, 2010

Private Myanmar domestic airline forced to suspend operations next week
25 November 2010

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - An official of one of Myanmar's two privately owned domestic airlines says it has been denied a renewal of its operating license, forcing it to suspend operations next week in a move possibly related to the country's complicated ethnic politics.

A Yangon Airways official said Thursday that the Department of Civil Aviation has informed the company that its operating permit has been temporarily suspended, without giving a reason. He asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The airline's owner, Aik Hauk, is a prominent member of the ethnic Wa minority. Like several other ethnic groups, the Wa have irritated the government by not yet bowing to its demand that they integrate their own militias into the government's Border Guard Force.

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http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=6&sid=&nid=6&rid=318365

hakz2007

· #10 · Dec 14, 2010

Myanmar airline replaces old aircrafts for safe flight

YANGON, Dec. 13 (PNA/Xinhua) -- Myanmar's state-owned domestic airline -- Myanmar Airways (MA) has replaced Fokker-27, one of its old-aged aircrafts, with airbus MA-60 starting this month as part of its program of upgrading its flight services, local media reported Monday.

The MA-60 aircraft was bought from China, said the Weekly Eleven News, adding that the move was made under an arrangement of renewing its aircrafts to ensure safe flight.

Since 1948, the airline had used such aircrafts for domestic flight services as Gyophyu, Vicount, Otta, F-27, F-28, ATR-42 and ATR-72.

According to other reports which quoted the aviation authority, the MA will buy three more MA-60 airbuses from China.

Myanmar also has an international airline run by the private sector, namely Myanmar Airways International (MAI).

MAI was once a joint venture set up by the state-run Myanmar Airways and a Singapore-based company in 1993 for sole international service flights covering three scheduled flight destinations -- Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

In 2007, the Region Air of Hong Kong took over the stake from Singapore with 49 percent held by it, while the remainder 51 percent possessed by the state-run Myanmar Airways.

In May this year, a giant Myanmar private company group, Kanbawza, took over the MAI for continuous operation under the government's privatization plan.

The Kanbawza bought up 80 percent stake of the airline with the remainder continued to be held by the government.

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mibome

· #11 · Dec 20, 2010

Airports of Myanmar

In the next four posts comes a photographic update of four mayor airports of Myanmar. The photos were taken November/December, 2010 and cover the airports of Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan, and Heho.

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mibome

· #12 · Dec 20, 2010

1) Yangon airport:

Impression: new and spacious, with modern and spacious interiour, many shops. Seems not to be used up to its limits but does not look empty either. Very good overall apperance and feeling.

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mibome

· #13 · Dec 20, 2010 (Edited)

2) Mandalay airport:

Mostly empty airport, too big for the few flights that are being operated from here. Modern displays are installed but not used. One computer screen was switched on, all others were dead. The screen showed a computer hung in boot sequence, with old technology: 100MHz processor, 8MB memory, 3,5 Floppy drive. The emptiness of the airport causes an uncomfortable feeling, at least at the time when I was there which was at off-peak hours - however, everything is handled effectively and easily.

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mibome

· #14 · Dec 20, 2010 (Edited)

3) Bagan airport:

Small but very effective. No need for complicated technology. Departures are signalled by people upholding cards with flight numbers and shouting. All processes for arrival and departure are quick and easily handled and give a nice feeling of confidence. Due to its small size it seems quite heavily used and full of travellers. Overall a very effective and nice small airport.

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mibome

· #15 · Dec 20, 2010 (Edited)

4) Heho airport:

The smallest airport that I have visited. Arrival and departure "halls" are basically one room, separated by a glass wall. Due to its small size it is full of travellers and gives the impression of being too small (at least at peak times), however, even at peak times I experienced a very quick and effective handling of all processes. No need for technology. Departures are signalled by upheld cards (which is a perfect thing and I wish more airports would do it) and give a good feeling of confidence.

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hakz2007

· #16 · Jan 25, 2011

New Myanmar private airline to launch inaugural flight

YANGON, Jan. 24 (PNA/Xinhua) -- A new Myanmar private airline, Asian Wings, is due to be launched on Thursday after being granted AOC flight certificate by the aviation authorities, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday.

Two 70-seat TR 72-500 type aircraft have arrived Yangon for use in domestic flight services to cover 11 destinations, the report quoted the general manager of the airline as saying.

The Asian Wings airline, which will also provide services for chartered flight, is planning international destinations.

The new airline is to substitute the flights of the suspended private airline of Yangon Airways, especially in this peak tourism season.

At present, there are three domestic airlines in Myanmar -- state-owned Myanmar Airways (MA), private-run Air Mandalay and Air Bagan, and one international airline, the Myanmar Airways International (MAI).

There are also 13 foreign airlines flying Yangon which comprise Air China, China Southern Airline, Thai Airways International, Indian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Silk Air, Malaysian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Mandarin, Jetstar Asia, Phuket Airline, Thai Air Asia and Vietnam Airlines.

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AsianDragons

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jan 25, 2011

Cambodia, Myanmar agree on direct flights

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January 21, 2011, 12:47am

PHNOM PENH (dpa) – Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to begin direct flights in a bid to boost tourism. Cambodia's Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said the twice-weekly flights would link Myanmar's capital Yangon and Cambodia's tourist centre of Siem Reap, home to the Angkor Wat temple complex.

He said Myanmar Airways International would operate the flights, with the first scheduled for February 23. Thong Khon announced the deal at the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF).
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From Cambodia Forum

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AsianDragons

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jan 25, 2011

Myanmar also announce plans for Mandalay-Bagan-Siem Reap flights

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Discussion Starter · #19 · Jan 25, 2011

Myanmar Airways International to start Guangzhou service from Mar 2011
20110124 by jimyvr

Myanmar Airways International from 03MAR11 begins 2 weekly Airbus A320 service on Yangon – Guangzhou route, its First route to China.

Schedule:

8M711 RGN0840 – 1315CAN 320 47
8M712 CAN1415 – 1545RGN 320 47

http://airlineroute.net/2011/01/24/8m-rgncan-mar11/#more-29104

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Discussion Starter · #20 · Jan 29, 2011

Myanmar International Airlines to launch Siem Reap and increase Singapore service

Myanmar International Airlines from 23FEB11 launches 2 weekly Yangon – Siem Reap service on board Airbus A320 aircraft. Also from 27MAR11, Yangon – Singapore nonstop sector will increase from 4 weekly to Daily.

Schedule:

Yangon – Siem Reap
8M401 RGN0900 – 1110REP 320 36
8M402 REP1210 – 1320RGN 320 36

Yangon – Singapore
8M231 RGN0800 – 1225SIN 320 D
8M232 SIN1325 – 1450RGN 320 D

Service till 26MAR11 operates Day x357

http://airlineroute.net/2011/01/28/8m-repsin/

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