Yangon Airways


Yangon Airways Ltd. is an airline based in Yangon, Myanmar, offering scheduled and chartered domestic flights out of its bases at Yangon International Airport. It was suspended from December 2010 but has since restarted operations starting from 16 October 2011.
Yangon Airways was listed by the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list. Under United States federal law, Americans are prohibited from doing business with individuals or entities listed as an SDN. Yangon Airways was designated by OFAC in 2008 after having been acquired by notorious drug traffickers of the United Wa State Army.

History

Yangon Airways was established in October 1996 as a domestic airline in a joint venture between Myanma Airways, the state owned flag carrier in Myanmar, and Krong-Sombat Company of Thailand. The airline bases its headquarters and maintenance station in Yangon. In October 1997, the current owner of the airline acquired the share of the Thai company, and then acquired the share of the Myanmar Airways in 2005. Thereafter, the airline became a fully privately owned airline in Myanmar. The airline then evolved into a principal domestic service carrier, operating schedule and charter flight services from Yangon to 13 prime commercial and tourist destinations in Myanmar. During the past three years, Yangon Airways has been progressively gaining market share; it has about 37% in 2007 and increased to 41% in 2008.
As one of the main domestic airlines of the Union of Myanmar, Yangon Airways operate regular flights to Nay Pyi Taw, Bagan, Mandalay, Heho, Kyaing Tong, Tachileik, Myitkyina, Thandwe, Sittway, Dawei, Myeik, Kawthaung, Lashio and charter flights to Bhamo, Putao, Kalay and others from main hub at Yangon International airport.
The airline has rebranded into using the same fleet adding another ATR 72-500 XY-AJN rent from Myanmar National Airlines

Destinations

Yangon Airways operated scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:
The Yangon Airways fleet comprises the following aircraft :

AircraftIn FleetOrdersNotes
ATR 72-2122
ATR 72-5001
Total3


For a short period in early 2001, a single ATR 42 was operated. In middle of 2013, Yangon Airways bought ATR 72-500 aircraft