Myanmar Airlines

-Airlines, domestic and international in Myanmar.

It looks like finally the 21.century came to Myanmar in terms of airlines.

Air travel within Myanmar with Myanmar Airlines is still done mainly with ATR turboprop aircrafts from France. Myanma Airlines, Yangon Airways and the others on domestic routes use them. Myanma Airways has some old Fokker jets to be used on the longer distance flights like to Sittwe and to the south of Myanmar plus some ancient Fokker turboprops.

Myanmar Airlines Air Bagan has 2 airbus 310. -I saw this huge things freshly painted and parked right in front of the passenger terminal in Yangon some time ago I didn't see it fly but lets wait and see.

Recently they fought a battle against some English who try to have this airbus declared as not suitable to carry passengers since it was a cargo aircraft before and was refitted in Shanghai China, actually it was bought from a Chinese company. This Brits do really everything what they can to make the Myanmar's and Myanmar Airlines miserable, as if they didn't do already enough sh..t in Myanmar during colonial times which brought the country finally into the current situation.

At the new passenger terminal for Myanmar Airlines at the Yangon International airport the tube can be directly moved to the airplane exit now. Its only the second terminal of this kind in Myanmar, the other one is in Mandalay.

Thai international  Airline introduced a new flight between Bangkok Airport and Yangon leaving Yangon around lunchtime. Most airlines operating in Myanmar try to increased the prices between Bangkok and Yangon continuously, especially Thai 

Yangon Airport Departure Hall

International is notorious, they already charge relatively high prices anyway and the in-flight service is lousy compared to the price, actually the Bangkok - Yangon run is one of the moth profitable for Thai International and the Passenger get the most lousy service in return. TG is not a budget carrier they charge full prices. The going return ticket Bangkok - Yangon rate asked at a travel agent in Bangkok -around the Myanmar Embassy, Consulate -is baht 9000,- for Thai International, others ask about Baht 7000,- . Air Bagan ask for Baht 5700,- with a strange surcharge on top of it, called Embargo Charge -no yoke- read more further below.

If you want to make any flights out of Myanmar all goes through Yangon, there are no flights to lets say to Phuket Airport Thailand or Krabi Airport Thailand, only from Mandalay to Chiang Mai there seems to be a flight route, but it also wont work everyday, it sometimes works, it sometimes doesn't.   In short, airlines serving Myanmar on domestic and international routes: Air Asia (AK), Air China (CA), Air India(IC), Air Mandalay (6T), Bangkok Airways (PG), Biman(BG), China Southern Airlines (CZ), China Eastern Airlines (MU), DrukAir(KB),LaudaAir (NG), Mandarin Airline(AE), Malaysia Airlines (MH), Myanmar Airways International (8M) , Silk Air (MI),Thai Airways(TG)   -Some more about Airlines serving Myanmar domestic and international. Air Asia is offering a return ticket for a little bit more that baht 6000,- including fees etc. (but be aware that this is the official price on their website), but when you go to the counter and really want to buy the ticket, -since it's very difficult to buy the ticket at the website, the site doesn't function properly-, they will try to charge you much more, its somehow a scam to lure the passenger to their counter and after try the tricks. Air Asia (Thai) fly out of Bangkok very early in the morning, not every day and have a bad record in terms a delays. Yangon Airport Myanmar Airlines Check In Counter