Monday 5 October 2015

FMI Air launches regular flights to Nyaung U, Heho and Thandwe on 1 December 2015

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



Myanmar National Airlines is the latest Myanmar airline to launch scheduled international flight to Singapore on 17 August 2015. On the domestic front, FMI Air is the latest Myanmar airline to launch full-fledged regular scheduled commercial domestic flights on 16 July 2015.

FMI Air, formerly known as FMI Air Charter which ran weekly business charter flights between Yangon and Naypyitaw, the administrative capital of Myanmar, was certified with an AOC by Myanmar Department of Civil Aviation to launch regular scheduled commercial domestic flights on 26 March 2015. It launched its first domestic regular scheduled flight to Naypyitaw from Yangon shortly after 26 March before inaugurating its domestic scheduled commercial flight outside Naypyitaw to Mandalay from Yangon on 16 July 2015 and its first regular scheduled flight to Sittwe from Yangon on 11 August 2015.

From 1 December 2015, FMI Air launches new internal scheduled flights to Nyaung U from Yangon and Mandalay and to Heho and Thandwe from Yangon.

On 1 December, FMI Air flight ND335 departs from Yangon for Nyaung U at 4.40 pm, arrives in Yangon at 5.50 pm before leaving Nyaung U at 6.15 pm and touching down in Mandalay at 6.50 p, under flight ND365 where it taxis at Mandalay airport overnight before taking off from Mandalay at 7 am on 2 December 2015 under flight ND362 for Yangon via Nyaung U.

Flight ND362 arrives in Nyaung U at 7.35 am where it transits for another fifteen minutes before leaving Nyaung U at 8 am and arriving in Yangon on 2 December at 9.10 am.

On 1 December 2015, another FMI Air flight ND601 departs from Yangon for Heho at 9.35 am, arrives in Heho at 10.40 am where it allows for Heho-bound passengers to alight before leaving Heho at 11.05 am and arrives in Thandwe at 12.05 pm under flight ND661..

At 12.30 pm, FMI Air flight ND512 departs from Thandwe at 12.30 pm for Yangon, transits in Yangon at 1.25 pm before leaving Yangon at 2 pm under ND511 at 2 pm, returning to Thandwe at 2.55 pm before taking off at 3.20 pm for Yangon and returning to its Yangon hub at 4.15 pm under flight ND514.

Thandwe, famous for Ngapali Beach, the most beautiful beach of Southeast Asia, is the major seaport town located in Rakhine State, northwest of Yangon.

Heho, the gateway to Inle Lake, is located in Kalaw Township of Taunggyi, the capital of the Shan State of Myanmar, and exports fish and fresh fruits to the markets in Myanmar.

Nyaung U is an administrative town of Nyaung U in central Myanmar on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwaddy River. It is home to various pagodas such as Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Pagoda and the popular hiking area of Hgnet Pyit Taung Hill.

FMI Air has its Yangon branch office at FMI Centre near the Head Office of Myanmar National Airlines. Its Head Office is in Naypyitaw.

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