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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. Myanmar
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 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.
There is a "new kid" in the Myanmar
Airlines Game now, its Qatar |
Airways, they connect the Middle
East and Europe very conveniently with
Myanmar Yangon. Since they
started to operate the tourist business in
Myanmar got a push upwards. Luckily some
Arabs still know how to walk tall against US
and UK pressure, consider this
airline to go to Myanmar they do something
for you.
Also Thai international Airline
introduced a new flight between
Bangkok and
Yangon leaving
Yangon
around lunchtime.
Most airlines operating in Myanmar try to increased the
prices between
Bangkok and Yangon
continuously, especially Thai 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. 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,- and Air Bagan ask for Baht
5700,- with a strange surcharge on top of
it, called Embargo Charge -no yoke-
read more further below.
is offering a
return ticket for a little bit less that
baht 4000,- (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.
Actually Nok
Air of Thailand (not flying to Yangon) a
daughter of Thai International does exactly
the same tricks, both are Thai airlines,
just don't trust them they play games with
the customer.
If you come
from elsewhere the best deal would
probably be to use Thai International
Airlines for the main routing and include
Yangon as a routing sector, that means
you get the Bangkok - Yangon sector for a
very low price integrated into the basic
ticket.
Try to avoid Silk Air since once you
bought their Silk Air - Silk Air is Singapore Airlines only a other name-
ticket they give a sh.... about you.
You will almost for sure get stranded in Singapore since the official
comment from them and Singapore Airlines is there is NO Silk Air office at
the Singapore Airport - I know this sounds like a joke but it is exactly
like that -.
The result is if you
have a connecting flight out of Singapore with this airline nobody cares
about you, even when you go to Singapore Airlines and ask for help, they
just tell we have nothing to do with Silk Air - ! its the same company !-
and Silk Air has no office at the Singapore airport, this is exactly
the procedure happen to me. Finally the Singapore Airline staff told me I
can sleep on the floor in the transit hall if I like, does that need any
more comment ? So stay away from this people they are a pain in the a... !!
- Also the food they serve in-flight mostly looks like canned dog food,
brrrrr its really disgusting.
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It looks like airlines
like Biman of Bangladesh, Druk Air from Buthan, Air India - Delhi
- and China Eastern are also operating the Myanmar sector.
There is a rather new entry
into the domestic market, its Air Bagan,
they have the only rather not
so old real jet operating on domestic routes, (Myanma
Airways is the other who have a few "ancient" Fokker jets
operating), Air Bagan has the same parent company who is the
local agent for the Russian Aviaexport company, they are big
in trading to and own a few hotels, I cant do any comment on
them since I tried a few times to reach them and talk with
someone but there is no communication possible.
Took Air Bagan the other day
from
Bangkok Airport to Yangon Airport. Both airports are
brand new and a excellent match to present Myanmar Airlines
operations.
Here are the newest Photos
from the all new Yangon
Airport a real candy for
airlines operating in
Myanmar |
Yangon Airport Departure
Hall |
Yangon Airport Myanmar
Airlines Check In
Counter |
Yangon Airport Departure
Hall 1 |
Yangon Airport Myanmar
Airlines Check In Hall |
Yangon Airport Gate Lounge
for Tube Boarding |
Yangon Airport Departure
Schedule |
Yangon Airport 1 |
Yangon Airport Aircraft
Parking |
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A rather funny, or maybe not
so funny story is how the Myanmar Airline - Air Bagan
tries to milk the passenger. Presently they charge Baht
5700,- for a round trip ticket Bangkok - Yangon - Bangkok
with some strings attached and brought in a new idea, its
the EMBARGO FEE, yes you read it correct. They charge a
embargo fee of Baht 500,- on top of the above mentioned
price. Ever heard about ? me neither. Anyway their flight is
quite good, only the meals are far below standard, but here
they are not worst than Thai International who also serves
lousy food on this sector, which is one of the most
profitable for Thai International, you can see how they
value their customers, and both have quite unqualified in
flight staff.
I just wonder if it will go
ok with Air Bagan into the future since one of their Fokker
100 made a little crash in Putao the other day by not
lifting off, probably because it was overloaded, One of
their ATR's also had a little crash. They currently use
their airbuses on the Yangon - Incheon (Korea) sector and on
other sectors when there are enough passengers.
MIA - Myanmar International Airlines
had stopped business and routes for a while which have been taking over by Air Bagan,
but now MIA - Myanmar International Airlines flies again.
It is almost impossible to reach Myanmar by
road from
any neighboring country like
Thailand,
only in the border area some vehicles can move
back and forward and trucks operate between
Thailand and Myanmar. Truck drivers have a hard
time on this route -from the Thai border to
Yangon- because there is a road block every
couple of kilometer and the guys at the
roadblocks milk them like cows. All other is
simply not possible due to political reason.
Air travel
within Myanmar.
The first choice is
Yangon Airways,
buy the tickets only through a agent -better price-, they
are reliable, depart more or less on time, are safe and very
customer oriented. There are others you might need to take
to exotic destinations within the country like Myanma
Airways, with them its difficult to get a ticket, they might
go or maybe not etc.
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