Air KBZ
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Founded | October 2010 | |||
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Operating bases | Yangon International Airport | |||
Fleet size | 7( 1 on order) | |||
Destinations | 14 | |||
Company slogan | Flying Beyond Expectation | |||
Parent company | KBZ Group | |||
Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar | |||
Key people | U Moe San Aung (Managing Director) | |||
Website | http://www.airkbz.com/ |
Air KBZ is a privately owned domestic Burmese airline based in Yangon. The airline is owned by Kanbawza Bank and began operations with a Yangon-Bagan-Nyaung Oo-Mandalay-Heho-Yangon flight on April 2, 2011.[1]
Destinations
- Myanmar
- Bagan - Nyaung U Airport
- Banmaw - Banmaw Airport
- Heho - Heho Airport
- Kalaymyo - Kalaymyo Airport
- Kawthaung - Kawthaung Airport
- Kengtung - Kengtung Airport
- Lashio - Lashio Airport
- Mandalay - Mandalay International Airport Base
- Mergui - Mergui Airport
- Myeik - Myeik Airport
- Myitkyina - Myitkyina Airport
- Putao - Putao Airport
- Sittwe - Sittwe Airport
- Dawei - Dawei Airport
- Tachilek - Tachilek Airport
- Thandwe - Thandwe Airport
- Yangon - Yangon International Airport Main Base
Fleet
The Air KBZ fleet includes the following aircraft:
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Options | Notes |
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ATR 72-500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
ATR 72-600 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 17 February 2012, Air KBZ ATR-72-500, XY-AIT overran the runway at Thandwe Airport but no injuries reported.[3]
- On 28 January 2014, An Air Kanbawza (Air KBZ) airplane was evacuated on the runway of the Rangoon International Airport but no injuries reported.[4]
References
- http://www.airmyanmar.com/airKBZ.htm
- http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/groups/fleet_and_orders_gossip_shop/blog/archive/2011/06/06/airline-start-ups-air-kbz-launches-domestic-services.aspx
- http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/568/news56805.html
- ↑ http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/568/news56805.html
- ↑ http://www.airmyanmar.com/airKBZ.htm
- ↑ Hradecky, Simon (3 March 2012). "Accident: Air KBZ AT72 at Thandwe on Feb 17th 2012, runway excursion, gear collapse". The Avaiation Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/air-kbz-plane-evacuated-wheels-overheat-rangoon-airport.html
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