|
||||
| Founded | 1948 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubs | Yangon International Airport Mandalay International Airport |
|||
| Fleet size | 11 (+2 on order) | |||
| Destinations | 32 | |||
| Parent company | Ministry of Transport,Union of Myanmar | |||
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar | |||
| Key people | Tin Maung Htun (MD) | |||
| Website | www.mot.gov.mm/ma [1] |
|||
Myanma Airways Corporation (Burmese: မြန်မာ့လေကြောင်း) is the national flag carrier and state-owned airline of Myanmar, based in Yangon. It operates scheduled services to all major domestic destinations. Its main base is Yangon International Airport.[2]
Contents |
The airline was founded by the government after independence in 1948, 15 September, as the Union of Burma Airways (UBA). It initially operated domestic services only, and international services were added in 1950. The name was changed to Burma Airways in December 1972, and to Myanma Airways on 1 April 1989 following the renaming of the country from Burma to Myanmar. International services of Myanma Airways have been operated by Myanmar Airways International (MAI). Myanma Airways is the majority shareholder of Joint Venture Company MAI, set up in 1993. [2]
In October 2003 the Myanmar Times said that Air Myanmar, a joint venture by Myanma Airways and companies in Myanmar, France and Singapore was planning to begin chartered international cargo and passenger flights by the end of the year. The article named Dawn Light Company, an oil trading business, France-based Cathay Aviation Ltd, and a Singapore company, Fast Growth Associates Ltd. as the partners. The airline planned to operate an Airbus 300 on medium-haul routes and a Boeing 767 on longer flights.[3] However, the international Air Myanmar service was a failed project, starting in 2004 and ending in 2005.[4]
As of September 2008, Myanma Airways operates scheduled passenger flights within Myanmar to:[5]
Additionally, Myanma Airways offers charter flights to the following destinations:[5]
The Myanma Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 29 March 2011):[6]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 42-320 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| ATR 72-212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| COMAC ARJ21-700 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fokker F28-1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fokker F28-4000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Xian MA-60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 2 | 0 | Last updated: 29 March 2011 |
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727 | 1 | 0 | |
| Douglas DC-3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Fokker F27 | 5 | 0 | |
| Vickers Viscount 700 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 |
Former Burma Airways had a poor safety record:[8][9]
A visitor in 2004 said "The days of worrying whether I'll make it out alive after another flight on Air Myanmar are now just memories". The author noted that only a few Air Myanmar planes were still operable, and Air Bagan had taken over many of its routes.[14]
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||||||