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Bangkok to
Yangon
Airport
Myanmar
airports
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Bangkok to Yangon, Myanmar
airports, Yangon airport, Yangon
international airport, taxis
airport, flights to Yangon.
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- When you arrive at
Yangon airport
probably via a
Bangkok to Yangon
flight from
Bangkok Airport,
or
Singapore Airport
or
Kuala Lumpur Airport,
first you will be
carried to the all
new Myanmar Yangon
International
Airport, a pretty
new building without
bell and whistles
but all
the environment a
new airport must
contain in the 21.
century, plus a
Burmese
touch in form of
huge wall paintings
of typical Myanmar
scenes.
The Yangon arrival
procedure at immigration
is done quick,
much quicker than on any US or UK airport on
an international arrival, only to get the
luggage out to the conveyer belt is very
time consuming since they let every piece of
luggage through the x-ray machine and it
looks like there is only minimal capacity.
Once you have your belongings just head to
the exit, there is a,
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red and a green channel usually the airport
custom people are very friendly and if you
wont have more than one hand luggage plus
one more piece of other luggage they "wink"
you through.
Myanmar
people are
very helpful
- also the
guys in
uniform -and
never do
anything
negative to
a foreigner
if the
foreigner
just behaves
according he
or she
behaves
normal like
elsewhere.
At the airport
you wont be
held up very
much while
waiting to
pass
through.
Just be nice
to the
airport
officials
and they be
nice to you.
Just outside
the airport
arrival hall
are some
counters for
taxi and
limousine.
If you want
to go to
downtown in
a good car
take one of
the
limousines,
it's around
$ 10,- one
way to
the city
center.
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If
you
want
to
have
a
cheaper
ride
to
down
town
and
your
hotel
you
could
use
one
of
the
taxis
waiting
just
outside.
This
taxis
take
about
$
5,-
-negotiate-
for
the
trip
from
the
airport
to
down
town
but
they
usually
are
really
rotten,
moving
junk
and
also
have
no
aircon.
Amazingly
all
this
is
better
organized
as
in
many
other
Asian
countries,
all
together
the
new
Rangoon
airport
functions
quite
ok.
If
you
fly
out
to a
other
destination
in
Myanmar
you
must
use
the
domestic
terminal
which
is
about
100
meters
to
the
north.
Use
Yangon
airways,
they
fly
to
all
mayor
destinations.
Other
destinations
are
served
by
Bagan
Airlines
and
Myanma
Airways.
Myanma
Airways
is
the
government
owned
domestic
airline,
they
don't
fly
Bangkok
to
Yangon. |
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paintings |
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The airport
is getting more busy by the day, new airlines, in particular from China are
opening new flights to Myanmar.
Myanmar airlines are replacing old
airplanes with new ones, as Air Bagan has done some time ago with Airbus 320, Myanmar Airways International or MAI replaced their old DC9 equipment with
Airbus 310. Yangon airport and the Myanmar airline business is currently (2011) experiencing a real passenger boom.
On
your trip from the airport to downtown
you
will already see
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that
Myanmar
is
rather
Indian
oriented
and
quite
different
to
other
south
east
Asian
cities.
This
is a
legacy
of
British
colonial
times.
If
you
travel
to
Myanmar
there
is
no
way
around
to
have
a
excellent
travel
insurance.
It
is
not
because
of
any
particular
problem
but
accidents
can
happen
everywhere
and
in
Myanmar
a
lot
of
the
environment
is
very
rotten
this
produce
a
higher
risk
of
an
accident.
A
example
what
happen
to
me.
I
walked
on a
piece
of
wood
from
the
beach
to
the
boat,
this
wooden
board
looked
very
strong
but
when
I
was
about
half
way
it
just
broke,
so
what
' I
fell
about
half
meter
down,
nothing
serious
happen,
but
it
gave
me
pain
for
about
3
days.
Or
you
slide
somewhere
because
you
use
this
notorious
slippers
which
are
not
good
at
all
in a
rather
dirty
street
environment
and
so
on.
But
one
thing
is
for
sure,
Myanmar's
are
more
civilized
than
Swiss
e.g.
because
Swiss
let
you
die
in
the
ditch
if
you
wont
hand
over
money
first
in
case
of
an
accident,
but
they
are
the
home
of
the
red
cross
and
the
red
cross
run
around
with
the
open
hand
and
ask
for
donation,
but
if a
foreigner
has
a
problem
in
Geneva,
that's
the
place
where
the
red
cross
headquarter
is.
No
one
of
this
mentally
corrupt
people
who
funnel
5
digit
$
salaries
into
their
pockets
paid
by
donations
will
help
a
foreigner
!!
No
excuse
by
any
means
is
accepted,
I
lived
in
Geneva
for
3
years
and
this
happen
to
me 2
times!
If
you
have
a
health
problem
during
travel
in
Myanmar
because
of
an
accident
or
whatever
be
aware
that
the
hospital
environment
might
be
not
as
you
expected
and
in
Myanmar
cash
-$-
is
requested,
afterwards
!
There
are
some
quite
good
clinics
and
hospitals
in
Yangon
and
Mandalay,
the
most
modern
is
Pun
Hlaing
Hospital
a
little
bit
outside
Yangon,
to
the
north,
a
other
is
Bahosi
in
the
city
center.
Yangon
International
Airport
IATA: RGN,
is at
Mingaladon,
about 16 km
north of
Yangon
center,
Myanmar has
two
international
Airports,
the other is
in Mandalay
but most of
international
passengers
come via
Bangkok o
Yangon.
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Domestic
flights are
handled in
the old
terminal
about 100m
to the
north.
The new
terminal
pictured
here, is in
operation
since May
2007 and
handles
international
flights
only. The
airport
could handle
2.7 million
passengers a
year. Four
Myanmar
airlines and
about 15
international
airlines
operate out
of Yangon
International.
- Domestic
airlines
operating
are:
Air Bagan
- flying to
Bagan,
Dawei, Heho,
Kaw Thaung,
Kalaymyo,
Kyaing Tong,
Lashio,
Mergui,
Mandalay,
Myitkyina,
Naypyidaw,
Pathein,
Putao,
Sittwe,
Tachilek,
Thandwe
Air
Mandalay
- flying to
Bagan, Heho,
Kyaing Tong,
Mandalay,
Naypyidaw,
Sittwe,
Tachileik,
Thandwe
Myanma
Airways
flying to
Dawei, Heho,
Kawthaung,
Kyaukphyu,
Loikaw,
Mandalay,
Mawlamyaing,
Myeik,
Bagan,
Sittwe,
Thandwe
Yangon
Airways
flying to
Heho,
Kawthaung,
Mandalay,
Bagan,
Thandwe
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International
Airlines
operating
flights to
Yangon or
Rangoon are:
Air Asia
(Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Air India
(Delhi)
Indian
Airlines
(Kolkata)
Air China
(Beijing, Kunming)
Bangkok
Airways
(Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
China
Southern
Airlines
(Guangzhou)
Druk Air
(Bhutan)
Hong Kong
Express
Airways
(Hong Kong)
Jetstar Asia
(Singapore)
Malaysia
Airlines
(Kuala
Lumpur)
Mandarin
Airlines
(Taipei-Taiwan)
Myanmar
Airways
International
MIA (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi,
Kuala
Lumpur)
Silk Air
(Singapore)
Thai Airways
International
(Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi).
If you don't
know which
hotel to go
after
arriving at
the Yangon
International
Airport tell
the taxi
driver to go
to the
Central
Hotel
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or Asia Plaza Hotel in the city center.
Hotel prices are around $ 30.-.If you have more to spend try the Kandawgyi
Palace Hotel on the Kandawgyi or Royal Lake,
this is the best hotel in Yangon, its not
too expensive, about $ 40,- to $ 80.- and
has a real great location right on the
lakeshore, its owned and managed by a local
Chinese company.
When there
are some Chinese, Japanese
or Koreans in the same
flight, be careful, they
try to push their way
through just to be in front
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immigration counter, they
even run, this people have
no discipline. After they
stay 30 minutes at the
conveyor belt and wait, so
what '. A
interesting feature at the
new Yangon International
Airport is, when you
depart in the morning you
will see the newest MIG 29
aircrafts of the Myanmar Air Force
starting on their missions to
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flight. Basically the
Myanmar Air Force operating
out of Yangon is depending
on old MIG 21 junk, but
recent years some MIG 29
have been added to the
Myanmar Air Force.
The
Russians do a lot of
business in Myanmar as do
the Chinese, since due
to the political situation
Myanmar is one of the very
few countries they can sell
their inferior military
junk. Nobody, beside of
political consideration will
ever buy this Russian
rubbish. The other
day when I waited at Yangon
International Airport for a
flight to Bangkok a
group of Russians where just
sending one of them home.
They were all drunk by
drinking the vodka hidden in
a brown shopping bag poured
into tea cups, this were
Russian diplomats, it tells
a lot about the mental state
of this people from Moscow.
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