Airlines Deals

A low-cost Thai airline, the Air Asia, will launch flight services between Bangkok and Yangon of Myanmar in mid-August, according to local media reports Monday.

With a promotional ticket fare of 25 U.S. dollars one way, exclusive of surcharge and airport tax for the flights until March 24, 2007, the Air Asia will operate daily flights beginning Aug. 16 and using 148-seat Boeing 737-300 aircraft.

The flights enable Myanmar people to travel to Thailand at an affordable price, the airline officials were quoted as saying.

The Air Asia’s flight service will bring the number of foreign airlines flying Yangon to 14, statistics show.

The airline is currently flying some major cities of Thailand as well as some regional destinations such as Singapore, Macao, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, the reports said.

At present, the Yangon-Bangkok air service is run by three airlines — the Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Myanmar Airways International.

Meanwhile, Myanmar and South Korea will also establish direct air link beginning October this year with the state-run Myanmar Airways to fly between Yangon and Seoul, according to air industry sources.

Other foreign airlines that link Yangon includes Air China, Malaysian Airlines, Silk Air, Biman (Bangladesh), Indian Airlines, Lauda Air (Austria), Phuket Airlines (Thailand) and Qatar Airways (Middle-East)