Burma, Nepal to Establish Direct Air Link
Posted on: Monday, 8 August 2005, 09:00 CDT
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)
Yangon, 8 August: Myanmar [Burma] and Nepal will establish direct air link soon with a Nepalese airline, the Cosmic, proposing to fly between Kathmandu and Yangon beginning the open season in late this year, a local press reported Monday [8 August]. Negotiations on the move have been made once and more will follow for the confirmation, the Flower News said.
The set up of the air link is aimed mainly at facilitating pilgrims of the two Buddhist countries to visit each other nations ' religious sites as part of their tourism promotion efforts, the report said. Previously, air trips between the two capitals have to go through Calcutta of India.
Meanwhile, an aviation delegation of three countries, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, will visit Myanmar later this year to carry out a feasibility study on developing air links among CLMV countries, which also include Myanmar, according to other reports.
Besides, Myanmar and the Philippines are also exploring enhanced cooperation in the air sector and a negotiation is under way to work out an air services agreement between them, air industry sources said. There has been a number of foreign airlines that fly Yangon including Air China, Thai Airways International, Silk Air, Malaysian Airline System, Biman (Bangladesh), Indian Airlines, Lauda Air (Austria), Phuket Airlines (Thailand), Bangkok Airways and Qatar Airways (Middle-East).
There are also three Myanmar-foreign joint venture airlines flying international routes which are the Myanmar Airways International, the United Myanmar Airlines and the Air Myanmar. Myanmar's domestic airlines are represented by one state-run Myanma Airways and three joint ventures which are Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways and Air Bagan.
Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
Related Articles
- Myanmar Works to Narrow Gap Between Rural, Urban Schools
- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation Names New Director of Training and Development - Customer Service
- Honeywell Partnering With Airbus, JetBlue Airways and International Aero Engines to Study Biofuels Use for Commercial Aircraft
- Myanmar Airlines Suspend Some International Flights Again
- Zambian Airways Withdraws Flights Between Lusaka, Harare
- Qatar Airways Sponsors International Travel Exhibition in Vietnam
- China's First Private Airline to Run International Flights
- Delta Air Lines Starts First Nonstop Service Between Dubai and World's Largest Hub in Atlanta
- Myanmar Private Airline to Launch International Flights in April
- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation Earns IOSA Registration Certificate
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds