High costs and a lack of travelers passing through some of Myanmar’s airports has resulted in at least four of the country’s ten airlines bypassing those locations altogether. Consequently, as many as eight airports have ceased operations in recent years, accounting for a quarter of Myanmar’s 32 domestic airports. Five out of the eight shuttered […]
DCA deploys budget, invites tenders to jazz up airports, aviation
November 10, 2017 by thiha
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Political make-up a bottleneck for Shan economy
October 24, 2017 by Thiha
The political make-up of the state’s executive and legislature results in a lot of time and energy spent on negotiations instead of implementing sweeping economic reforms in Shan, according to a local chamber of commerce. The state needs political stability and it needs to generate value-added agricultural products in order to grow its economy. Shan […]
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Hantharwaddy airport priority for govt
September 21, 2017 by Thiha
THE planned Hantharwaddy International Airport is the only priority in the area of aviation under the National League for Democracy-led government, said U Win Khant, permanent secretary of Ministry of Transport and Communications. He made his comments in relation to the government’s Transport Master Plan during the sideline interview with The Myanmar Times at Myanmar […]
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Department of Civil Aviation – Expression of Interest (EOI) for building of 3 domestic airports. Closing Date on 13th October 2017
August 28, 2017 by Thiha
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list For Heho Airport, Kawthaung Airport and Mawlamyine Airport to be implemented by PPP Scheme The Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport and Communications, invites the interested local companies with foreign firms forming the consortium to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) for the above three airports which will […]
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Myanmar’s Aviation Industry Booms Despite Grim Safety Record
October 23, 2013 by thiha
KONEMOE, Shan State — Htay Aung was riding pillion on a motorbike last Christmas morning, wending through the cool hills of eastern Burma, when Air Bagan Flight 11 came down on top of him. The Fokker 100—more than 24 tons of aircraft, plus 65 passengers and six crew—sheared its way through trees and power lines, […]
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