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There are four domestic airlines in Myanmar

 

Myanma Airways Yangon Airways Air Bagan Air Mandalay

 

Myanma Airways is the national airline of Myanmar. It operates scheduled services to all major domestic destinations. It's main base is located at Yangon International Airport.

The airline was founded by the government after independence in 1948 as Union of Burma Airways. It initially operated domestic services and international services were added in 1950. The name was changed to Burma Airways in December 1972, and to Myanma Airways on April 1 1989 following the renaming of the country from Burma to Myanmar. International services were transferred to Myanmar Airways International, set up in 1993.
As of May 2007, Myanma Airways operates scheduled passenger flights within Myanmar to:
  • Bagan (Nyaung U Airport)
  • Bhamo (Banmaw Airport)
  • Bokepyin
  • Dawei
  • Heho
  • Hommalin
  • Kawthaung
  • Kyaingtong
  • Kyauk Htu
  • Kyauk Pyu
  • Lashio
  • Loikaw
  • Magway
  • Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport)
  • Mawlamyine
  • Monghsat
  • Monywa
  • Myeik
  • Myitkyina
  • Naypyidaw
  • Pakokku
  • Pathein
  • Putao
  • Sittwe
  • Tachilek
  • Thandwe
  • Toungoo
  • Yangon (Yangon International Airport)
 
Additionally, Myanma Airways offers charter flights to the following destinations:
  • Coco Island
  • Hpa-an
  • Pyay

 

Yangon Airways is an airline based in Myanmar, offering regularly scheduled and chartered domestic services from Yangon and other cities.

Yangon Airways was established in 1996 as a joint venture between Myanma Airways and the Krong-Sombat Company of Thailand. In 1997, the MHE-Mayflower Company acquired the Krong-Sombat shares.
As of May 2007, Myanma Airways operates scheduled passenger flights within Myanmar to:

 

Air Bagan is based in Yangon, Myanmar and operates domestic scheduled services to 15 towns and cities, as well as to Thailand. The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It is owned by Myanma Airways and Htoo trading and has approx 250 employees (March 2007). Its first international service was flown from Yangon to Bangkok on 15 May 2007, and the second to Singapore from 7 September 2007.

In June 2006, it received permission to fly to China and Bangkok, Thailand. In October 2006, the company announced that it would commence flights to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Air Bagan had added two A310-200 to launch international flights to Bangkok, Singapore, Osaka, Seoul, Chennai and Kunming during 2007.
As of July 2007, Air Bagan operates scheduled domestic flights to the following destinations:
  • Bagan (Nyaung U Airport)
  • Dawei
  • Heho
  • Kawthaung
  • Kalaymyo
  • Kengtong
  • Lashio
  • Loikaw
  • Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport)
  • Myeik
  • Myitkyina
  • Pathein
  • Sittwe
  • Tachilek
  • Thandwe
  • Yangon (Yangon International Airport)

Current International destinations
  • People's Republic of China - Kunming (Kunming Wujiaba International Airport)
  • Republic of Korea - Seoul (Incheon International Airport)
  • Cambodia - Siem Reap (Angkor International Airport)
  • Singapore - (Singapore Changi Airport)
  • Thailand - Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)

 

Air Mandalay is based in Yangon, Myanmar and operates domestic scheduled services to 9 towns and cities, as well as to Thailand. The airline was established on 6 October 1994 and started operations on 18 October 1994 with a flight from Yangon to Mandalay. It was the first domestic and regional joint venture airline in Myanmar.

It was established as a joint venture between Air Mandalay Holdings Singapore (51%) and Myanma Airways. On 27 August 1995, Air Mandalay started its first International service from Yangon to Chiang Mai in Thailand.
As of May 2007, Air Mandalay operates scheduled flights to the following destinations.

 

  • Thailand - Chaing Mai

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