Myanmar
airline update
Myanmar Airways
International (MAI)
will
reinstate their daily evening flight 8M221/222 services from Yangon to Bangkok
and vice versa effective from 1st September 2003 until further notice. MAI
will also have additional aircraft and will extend its operations into two
additional destinations in this tourist peak season.
United
Myanmar Air (UMA) will start flying from Myanmar to Kuala Lumpur,
Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong. Two Boeing 737-400 aircrafts will arrive in
Myanmar mid-September and the operations are planned to begin by October 2003.
Thai Carrier
PB Air will fly from Bangkok direct to Bagan and vice versa
starting from 26th October. The airline officials announced that they will
have three weekly flights in operation direct to Bagan in the coming high
season. The airline will use a Brazil Embraer 145LR Regional Jet which has a
seat capacity of 50 seats.
Phuket Air
will continue scheduled flights from Bangkok - Mandalay - Bangkok three times
a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In addition to their direct flights
to Mandalay, the carrier will also fly Bangkok - Yangon - Bangkok twice a week
on Tuesdays and Fridays starting from 22nd October 2003 to 26th March 2004.
Air Mandalay
will operate three direct flights per week from Heho to Thandwe on Mondays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. For more information please contact Exotissimo
Myanmar at myanmar@exotissimo.com
