Air Bagan is flying to Siem Reap soon

February 15th, 2007

Air Bagan will launch regional services by April 2007 using 2 of its 228-seats A310-200 for daily services on routes Yangon-Bangkok and Yangon-Singapore and for two-weekly services on the route Yangon-Mandalaay-Kunming. In its recent announcement, the airline stated it was also planning to fly daily servcies to Siem Reap, Cambodia. This will allow it to tap the popularity of the Angkor Wat, the world heritage site.

Air Bagan is due to take delivery of 158-seat A320 in September, while currently it has 8 aircrafts including 1 fokker-100, 2 ATR-42s, 3 of ATR-72s and 2 of A310-200.

Air Bagan was established in November 2004 as the 3rd deomstic carrier to compete with Air Mandalay and Yangon Airways. Currently they are operating to 17 destinations including main tourist destinations as well as to other commercially important destinations such as Yangon, Mandalay, Nyaung U, Heho, Kyaing-Tong, Tachileik, Myitkyina, Putao, Dawei, Myeik, Kawthaung, Thandwe, Sittwe , Pathein , NayPyiTaw, Kalaymyo & Lashio.

Source: TTR Weekly

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