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Myanma Airways
မြန်မာ့လေကြောင်း
IATA
UB[1]ICAO
UBA[1]Callsign
UNIONAIRFounded 1948 Hubs Yangon International Airport
Mandalay International AirportFleet 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]
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History
Union of Burma Airways Boeing 727
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]
Destinations
As of September 2008, Myanma Airways operates scheduled passenger flights within Myanmar to:[5]
- Ann – Ann Airport
- Bagan – Nyaung U Airport
- Bhamo – Banmaw Airport
- Bokepyin – Bokepyin Airport
- Dawei – Dawei Airport
- Heho – Heho Airport
- Hommalin – Hommalin Airport
- Kawthaung – Kawthaung Airport
- Kyaingtong – Kyaingtong Airport
- Kyauk Htu – Kyauk Htu Airport
- Kyauk Pyu – Kyauk Pyu Airport
- Lashio – Lashio Airport
- Loikaw – Loikaw Airport
- Magway – Magway Airport
- Mandalay – Mandalay International Airport
- Mawlamyine – Mawlamyine Airport
- Monghsat – Monghsat Airport
- Monywa – Monywa Airport
- Myeik – Myeik Airport
- Myitkyina – Myitkyina Airport
- Naypyidaw – Naypyidaw Airport
- Pakokku – Pakokku Airport
- Pathein – Pathein Airport
- Putao – Putao Airport
- Sittwe – Sittwe Airport
- Tachilek – Tachilek Airport
- Thandwe – Thandwe Airport
- Toungoo – Toungoo Airport
- Yangon – Yangon International Airport
Additionally, Myanma Airways offers charter flights to the following destinations:[5]
- Coco Island – Coco Island Airport
- Hpa-An – Hpa-An Airport
- Pyay – Pyay Airport
Fleet
Fokker F28-4000 of Myanma Airways in 2005.
Myanma Airways' ATR 42-320 aircraft at Yangon International AirportThe Myanma Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 29 March 2011):[6]
Myanma Airways Fleet 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 Fleet in 1970
Union of Burma Airways fleet in 1970 [7] 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 Accidents and incidents
Burma Airways
Former Burma Airways had a poor safety record:[8][9]
- On 23 May 1969, Douglas DC-3 XY-ACR crashed on approach to Lashio Airport killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight.[10]
- On 16 August 1972, a Douglas C-47B, registration XY-ACM, crashed shortly after take-off from Thandwe Airport on a scheduled passenger flight. Twenty-eight people on board were killed and only 3 survived.[11]
- On 24 August 1972, Vickers Viscount XY-ADF of Union of Burma Airways was damaged beyond economic repair at Sittwe Airport when it departed the runway on landing and the undercarriage collapsed.[12]
Myanma Airways
- On January 27 1998 – A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 crashed while taking off from Yangon, Myanmar killing 16 of the 45 people on board.
- On 24 August 1998, Myanma Airways Flight 635, a crashed into a hill on approach to Tachilek Airport killing all 36 on board.[13]
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]
See Also
References
- ^ a b Airframes.org
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 53. 2007-04-10.
- ^ Myo Theingi Cho (September 29 - October 5 , 2003). "New airline ready to fly". Myanmar Times. http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no185/MyanmarTimes10-185/005.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "Airlines in Burma". Airline Update. 3 November, 2010. http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/se_asia/burma.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ a b Myanma Airways website - Services
- ^ Myanma Airways Fleet
- ^ Flight International 26 March 1970
- ^ "JACDEC´s AIRLINER SAFETY STATISTICS: AIRLINES". JACDEC. http://www.jacdec.de/statistics/airlines/airlines_5.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "TRAVEL REPORT: Burma (Myanmar)". Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=200000. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "XY-ACR Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690523-1. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "XY-ACM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720816-1. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720824-0. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "MYANMAR GOVERNMENT REPORTS CRASH OF PASSENGER PLANE IN LAOS". AFP. 27 August, 1998. http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199808/msg01228.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ Alan Rabinowitz (2008). Life in the valley of death: the fight to save tigers in a land of guns, gold, and greed. Island Press. p. 202. ISBN 1597261297. http://books.google.ca/books?id=qnFID5-2z-kC&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
External links
- (English) Myanma Airways
- (Burmese) Myanma Airways
- http://myanmaairways.aero/index.aspx
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