Myanmar Airways Starting Bangkok-Singapore Service.

7th Oct 2010

Myanmar Airways International (MAI) will launch daily flights between Bangkok and Singapore from the end of this month.

It will be another air route between Bangkok and Singapore, operated by the airline, using an Airbus-type aircraft, from Oct. 31 to March 26, the sources said adding that the tickets will be sold through authorized agents.

MAI will depart from Bangkok at 1045 and arrive in Singapore at 1400. For the return leg, the aircraft will depart from Singapore at 1500 and land in Bangkok at 1615.

MAI flights already linked Yangon with Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Gaya in India and the airline plans to start services to China's Guangzhou at the end of November.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flight service between Ho Chi Minh and Yangon on Nov. 15 in addition to Hanoi-Yangon flight to enhance trade between the two countries.

The Myanmar Airways (MA), which is a domestic airline, is planning to buy three airbuses from China to substitute with the existing F-32 type aircrafts in use, sources with the aviation authority said.

There are 13 foreign airlines flying Yangon which comprise Air China, China Southern Airline, Thai Airways International, Indian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Silk Air, Malaysian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Mandarin, Jetstar Asia, Phuket Airline, Thai Air Asia and Vietnam Airlines.

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