Domestic flight ban a disaster for the industry
The ban on domestic air travel, scheduled to end at the end of September, has been extended one full month as COVID-19 infections continue to soar. Yet the grounding may last much longer; the government tends to set travel bans in one month periods,
Myanmar Airways International weighs Sri Lanka route
Amid a major industry downturn, Myanmar Airways International (MAI) is looking to expand, including adding direct flights to Sri Lanka. MAI executives met with Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to Myanmar Dr. Nalin de Silva to discuss the potential f
Defunct airlines face lawsuit despite industry upturn
The government may sue two defunct airlines if they fail to pay their debts by May. Air Mandalay and Asian Wings Airways owe the government a combined MMK 93.72 million, or USD 64,400, deputy minister of Transport and Communications U Kyaw Myo told p
Myanmar suspends Chinese visas on arrival amid coronavirus scare
At the time of writing, Myanmar has had no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus that has infected roughly 25,000 people in China, but the government is taking no chances. It has suspended flights from certain parts of China, blocking or quarantininChin State’s very first airport slated to open within 6 months
Chin State’s Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai officially announced that the Surbung airport, the first in Myanmar’s poorest state, is slated to open to national flights by June this year. 5 years in the making, the airport is built on an ol
