Myanma Airways
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Myanma Airways Corporation is the national flag carrier
Flag carrier
A flag carrier is a transportation company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given country, enjoys preferential rights or privileges, accorded by the government, for international operations. It may be a state-run, state-owned or private but...

 and state-owned airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 of Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

, based in Yangon
Yangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

. It operates scheduled services to all major domestic destinations. Its main base is Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport , located in Mingaladon, at north of downtown Yangon, is the primary international airport of Myanmar and the second largest airport in the country....

.

History

The airline was founded by the government after independence
Independence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....

 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
Myanmar Airways International
Myanmar Airways International Co., Ltd. is the international airline of Myanmar, headquartered in Yangon. It operates scheduled international services to destinations mainly in Southeast Asia. Its main base is Yangon International Airport.- History :...

 (MAI). Myanma Airways is the majority shareholder
Shareholder
A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders own the stock, but not the corporation itself ....

 of Joint Venture Company MAI, set up in 1993.

In October 2003 the Myanmar Times said that Air Myanmar
Air Myanmar
Air Myanmar was a proposed international airline to be based in Yangon, Burma, a joint venture between Myanma Airways and foreign investors.The venture was established in 2004 and shut down in 2005.-Plans and failure:...

, 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.
However, the international Air Myanmar service was a failed project, starting in 2004 and ending in 2005.

Destinations

As of September 2008, Myanma Airways operates scheduled passenger flights within Myanmar to:

Additionally, Myanma Airways offers charter flights to the following destinations:
  • Coco Island
    Coco Islands
    Coco Islands are a pair of strategically important islands located in the eastern Indian Ocean, politically administered by Burma under Yangon Division. They are allegedly leased to the People's Republic of China since 1994...

     – Coco Island Airport
  • Hpa-An
    Hpa-An
    -Education:* Computer University, Hpa-An* Hpa-An Education College* Hpa-An University* Technological University, Hpa-An* Hpa-An Nursing Training School-Religion:...

     – Hpa-An Airport
  • Pyay
    Pyay
    Pyay is a town in the Bago Division in Burma. It has an estimated population of 123,800 . Pyay is positioned on the Ayeyarwady River and is northwest of Yangon....

     – Pyay Airport

Fleet

The Myanma Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 29 March 2011):

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
Fokker F28
The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:...

0 0 0
Fokker F28-4000
Fokker F28
The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:...

3 0 0
Xian MA-60
Xian MA60
|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.-External links:* * *...

3 0 0
Total 11 2 0 Last updated: 29 March 2011


Fleet in 1970

Union of Burma Airways fleet in 1970
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 727
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner, manufactured by Boeing. The Boeing 727 first flew in 1963, and for over a decade more were built per year than any other jet airliner. When production ended in 1984 a total of 1,832 aircraft had been produced...

1 0
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...

7 0
Fokker F27
Fokker F27
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful Douglas DC-3 airliner...

5 0
Vickers Viscount 700
Vickers Viscount
The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world...

3 0
Total 16 0

Burma Airways

Former Burma Airways had a poor safety record:
  • On 23 May 1969, Douglas DC-3
    Douglas DC-3
    The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...

     XY-ACR crashed on approach to Lashio Airport
    Lashio Airport
    Lashio Airport is an airport in Lashio, Burma. it is near the Head Quarter of Northeast Military Command. Passengers have to walk from airport building to entrance of airport compound. There is no X ray equipment.-Accidents and incident:...

     killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight.
  • On 16 August 1972, a Douglas C-47B, registration XY-ACM, crashed
    1972 Thandwe crash
    The 1972 Thandwe crash occurred on 16 August 1972 near Thandwe, Burma. The plane was a scheduled passenger flight for Burma Airways carrying 27 passenger and 4 crew. Shortly after the flight departed Thandwe Airport on its initial climb, the plane suddenly fell from the sky and crashed into the sea...

     shortly after take-off from Thandwe Airport
    Thandwe Airport
    Thandwe Airport is an airport serving Thandwe, a town in the Rakhine State of Burma.- Airlines and destinations :-Accidents and incidents:...

     on a scheduled passenger flight. Twenty-eight people on board were killed and only 3 survived.
  • On 24 August 1972, Vickers Viscount
    Vickers Viscount
    The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world...

     XY-ADF of Union of Burma Airways was damaged beyond economic repair at Sittwe Airport
    Sittwe Airport
    Sittwe Airport is an airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Burma.It started as a military used arifield in World War II. It was handed over to Department of Civil Aviation by International Aero Limited Company on 24 July 1947. It was upgraded to 6,000 feet long and 140 feet wide gravel mixed asphalt...

     when it departed the runway on landing and the undercarriage collapsed.

Myanma Airways

  • On January 27 1998
    1998 in aviation
    This is a list of aviation-related events from 1998:-Events:* Cirrus Aircraft successfully flight-tests the CAPS ballistic emergency aircraft parachute.* Adam Aircraft Industries founded* Eclipse Aviation founded-January:...

     – 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
    Myanma Airways Flight 635
    On the 24 August 1998 Myanma Airways Flight 635, run by a Fokker F-27 Friendship took off from Yangon International Airport on a short 2 hour flight to Tachilek Airport. The last radio contact with Flight 635 happened when the flight crew reported that they were overhead Tachilek and descending...

    , a crashed into a hill on approach to Tachilek Airport
    Tachilek Airport
    Tachilek Airport or Tachileik Airport is an airport serving Tachilek , a town in the Shan State of eastern Burma.-Airlines and destinations:...

     killing all 36 on board.


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
Air Bagan
Air Bagan Limited , operating as Air Bagan, is an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. It operates domestic scheduled services to 15 towns and cities, as well as to Thailand. Its main bases are Yangon International Airport and Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport.- History :The...

had taken over many of its routes.

External links

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