Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list YANGON — The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said it will issue a tender in the last quarter of this year inviting local and foreign companies to upgrade 39 underdeveloped domestic airports in Myanmar. In November last year, DCA called on companies to register their interest and proposals […]
MAI to start its first flight to UAE in 2015
March 16, 2014 by
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) will fly its first flight to United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2015, sources from MAI say. “We have no arrangements to fly to UAE during this year. MAI is arranging the flights to UAE in 2015 to get market shares from Europe,” MAI’s marketing and public relations manager Aye Maya Thar […]
Govt Denies Report of Helicopter Maker’s Yangon Factory Plans
December 5, 2013 by
YANGON — Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation says there are no plans to allow a foreign helicopter company to open manufacturing operations in Yangon, refuting a recent report by the local Yangon Times daily. On Monday, the Yangon Times reported that US-based Robinson Helicopter Company was planning to open a factory in either Thanlyin or […]
Govt Invites Private Investors to Upgrade 30 Domestic Airports
November 20, 2013 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list YANGON — The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) announced on Wednesday that it plans to use local and foreign private investors to upgrade 30 of Myanmar’s 69 domestic airports in a bid to improve the country’s underdeveloped airport capacity and infrastructure. “We want to stop using the government […]
Amending aviation contracts allows for more flight in future
October 31, 2013 by
The respective civil aviation departments of Myanmar, South Korea and Bangladesh have amended the aviation contracts of 2013, thus, paving the way for more than one direct flight from these two countries to Myanmar. “We have amended the aviation law with Korea and Bangladesh because we have to cancel the things that are not suitable […]
Myanmar’s new int’l airport to begin construction in 2014
October 25, 2013 by
Construction work for a new Hantharwady International Airport will be start in early 2014, as Myanmar gears up to receive growing numbers of visitors. Yangon International Airport, currently the country’s main entry point, handles 20 million passengers a year and will be upgraded to receive another 6 million. Major extensions, however, are restricted due to […]
Hantharwady Airport’s construction delays
July 2, 2013 by
The construction of Hantharwady International Airport in Bago region, which was initially scheduled on July 1 would be delayed since the selection process of construction companies have not yet finished, said t he Aviation Department. The department planed to build the airport within three years and a halt to have capacity of handling some 12 […]
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