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Low-cost Airline starts flying Bangkok-Yangon flight as of August 16 2006

July 29th, 2006

This is the first time that low-cost airline is operating international flights to/from Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)!

Thai Air Asia is going to start services on the new routing Bangkok-Yangon-Bangkok flights on August 16 2006. The airline will operate a daily flight on the route using a Boeing-737-300 that can accommodate 148 passengers. The promotional fare will start as low as THB 999.00 per person.

This might be a good news for those of you who are looking for budget airlines for traveling into Myanmar (Burma).

Those of you who prefer not to use low-cost airlines (because most of the times - its flights are always delay, no seating arrangements, limited baggage allowance) can choose to travel on the normal airlines such as Thai Airways (currently have 3 flights a day), Bangkok Airways (1 flight a day using 162-seat Airbus 320-232), Myanmar Airways International (currently 1 or 2 flights a day using a 151-seat MD82 aircraft).

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