Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines on Monday commenced scheduled operations at Terminal 1 of the Yangon International Airport (YIA). Spring Airlines will operate direct flights between Yangon and Shanghai using an Airbus A320 aircraft, which has the capacity to carry 186 passengers. The carrier offers flights from YIA four times a week. The move comes […]
Sichuan Airlines launches direct flights to Mandalay in Myanmar
March 6, 2018 by
A new air route opened between Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and Mandalay in Myanmar on Sunday. The round-trip flights by Sichuan Airlines’ Airbus A320 aircraft fly every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flying time lasts about 90 minutes each way. With over 130 Airbus aircraft, Sichuan Airlines is the largest all-Airbus-fleet […]
Airlines to be subsidised for passengers from Yangon, Seoul and Bandung
June 17, 2015 by
GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA: The Penang government is proposing to subsidise airlines bringing in passengers from Yangon, Seoul and Bandung in a bid to tap the tourism markets there. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said his administration was willing to pay US$10 (RM37.49) per passenger to airlines for direct flights originating from the three cities to […]
Direct flights to open between Yangon and Yogyakarta
February 19, 2015 by
Direct flights between Yogyakarta and Myanmar will start this year with the aim of boosting the number of tourists from Myanmar visiting the city and other places in Indonesia, reports the Jakarta Globe on February 11. Indonesia’s ambassador to Myanmar Mr Ito Sumardi told media that only dozens of tourists from Myanmar visit Indonesia each […]
