Tuesday 30 June 2015

Myanmar National Airlines conducts first international charter flight to Mongolia

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals


Myanmar National Airlines has utilized its first Boeing B737-800 aircraft on an unprecedented international charter flight to Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. 

The MNA flight takes off from Yangon for Ulaanbaatar at 5.45 am on 28 June 2015 under flight UB1001, transits via Naypidaw, the capital of Myanmar, at 8.30 am and arrives in Ulaanbaatar at 4.30 pm on the same day.

The outbound charter flight to Yangon takes place on 30 June 2015 when flight UB1002 departs from Ulaanbaatar at 9 am, transits in Naypidaw at 12.15 pm and touches down in Yangon at 2 pm.

The Mongolia charter flight serves as a warm-up preparation for Myanmar National Airlines' scheduled flight launch to Singapore from Yangon in August 2015. The airline is also planning to launch flights from Yangon to Hong Kong and Taipei by 2016.

A spokesperson at Myanmar National Airlines informed Sayacinta - Airpost the airline will announce the Singapore flight schedules and fares by mid-July 2015 after a sales agent in Singapore has been appointed and the flight schedules have been finalized and approved by bilateral civil aviation bodies. The airline is also planning to publish its first Inflight Magazine after scheduled international flights begin.

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