NewGen Airways (E3, Bangkok Don Mueang) operated a maiden flight out of its base at Bangkok Don Mueang to Myeik in southern Myanmar on February 23, 2018, the first international service out of the latter facility, the Myanmar Times has reported. The flights will be operated 3x weekly as charter services in cooperation with local […]
Direct flights begin between Myeik Airport and Bangkok
February 28, 2018 by
The Bangkok-based airline, New Gen Airways has begun direct flights between the Myeik Airport and Don Mueang International Airport in the Thai capital in cooperation with its local partner Tun Htaik Tin Company, a senior airline official told The Myanmar Times. U Thar Du, New Gen Airways’ country manager said the regular flights started on […]
Mandalay Int’l Airport received over 1 million passengers last year
February 20, 2018 by
More than a million local and foreign passengers entered Mandalay International Airport last year exceeding the number of 2016, according to sources from the Department of Civil Aviation. In 2017, domestic airlines such as Myanmar National Airlines, Air Mandalay, Air KBZ, Asian Wings Airways, Myanmar Airways International, Yangon Airways, Shwe Myanmar Airlines, Mann Yadanabon Airlines […]
Department of Civil Aviation: Invitation to Expression of Interest (EOI) for Muse Airfield. Closing Date : 15 Dec 2017
November 23, 2017 by
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 Muse Airfield which will be implemented by PPP scheme for the construction, financing and operations of the airport. The EOI document in the English language may […]
Local airlines squeezed by expensive petrol and taxation
July 17, 2017 by
In Myanmar, there are 10 domestic airlines and 58 planes in total which are serving local and international passengers. Compared with the rest of ASEAN, flights are rather costly, according to local airlines and the Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA). “During rainy season, only three out of 10 airlines can run. The main problem […]
Myanmar’s Tourism Destination Dreams Fade Amid Empty Hotels
July 15, 2017 by
With its sweeping view of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a glittering golden stupa and Myanmar’s top cultural attraction, the Esperado Lake View Hotel should be in an enviable spot. Yet, just two years after it was built, this four-star hotel sits half-empty for many months at a time, according to manager Nero Kyaw Wai. “We aren’t seeing […]
Hanthawaddy Airport Agreement in Final Stage
October 12, 2016 by
RANGOON — A final concession agreement will be signed by the end of this year with the Japanese-Singapore consortium which won a tender to construct the Hanthawaddy International Airport north of Rangoon, according to a government minister. U Thant Sin Maung, Burma’s Minister for Transport and Communications, told lawmakers during the parliamentary session on Tuesday […]
