Myanmar Airways ist eine Fluggesellschaft in Myanmar.
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Geschichte
Myanmar's original and only national airline was called Union of Burma Airways and began operations in the 1950's when the country was still known as Burma. In the early 70's it was renamed Burma Airways Corporation and continued services under this name until 1988, when Burma was officially renamed Myanmar and the airline was renamed Myanma Airways.
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) took off in August 1993, created by a joint venture between Myanmar Airways and Singapore interests with the support of Royal Brunei Airlines. With a new Singapore management team (many ex-Singapore Airlines staff), new Boeing aircraft with all expatriate cockpit crew, better-trained flight attendants and new UK Civil Aviation Authority operating standards, this was the beginning of a successful new era for the national airline. Meanwhile, Myanma Airways continued operations as a purely domestic carrier for the local population.
MAI became the international airline of Myanmar with regular flights between Yangon, (the capital of Myanmar) Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kunming, Dacca and Jakarta. MAI continued to develop regionally.
The original joint venture was terminated and MAI became a wholly owned Myanmar company owned by Myanmar Airways. MAI's potential continued to attract investors and in January 2001, a new joint venture was formed in which Region Air Myanmar (HK) Ltd., took a strategic 49% stake and a local businessman through his company Zan Co. took a 11% share and Myanmar Airways retained 40%.
Aircraft are currently operated by Orion Air Pte. Ltd. A Singapore based company with an internationally experienced team of skilled aviation personnel.
More Recent Developments
In 2001 a new corporate identity and aircraft livery was rolled out to reflect new modern and professional company culture. Completed first major cabin crew upgrade program.
In 2002 the airline obtained new IATA airline designator codes and joined both the IATA Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement (MITA) and IATA Clearing House. 122 employees were sent on both local training courses and overseas training courses at Malaysian Airlines and Royal Brunei Airlines training centers.
In 2003 they launched first joint service code share agreement with Thai Airways International on the Bangkok-Yangon-Bangkok route and added two new aircraft to the fleet: a Boeing 737-800 and MD-82. Flight frequency to Bangkok was increased from 9 to 10 times per week and Singapore from 3 to 5 times per week. The Hong Kong route was re-launched offering 2 flights per week. A further 61 employees were sent on local and overseas professional training courses.
In 2004 MAI recently announced the following new services:
- Increased its frequencies to Bangkok from 10 flights per week to 13 flights per week in October 2004.
- Added a 4th weekly frequency to New Delhi, India--MAI's newest destination--in December 2004.
- Resumed its seasonal twice-weekly service to Hong Kong in October 2004.
- Increased flight frequency to Kuala Lumpur, from 2 to 3 times per week.
The airline also took delivery of new uniforms for all our ground staff and recruited a further 16 new cabin crew trainees.
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Flotte
The Myanmar Airways jet aircraft fleet consists of 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft (at March 2005). Previously Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 aircraft were operated.