Yangon-Singapore flights to increase
YANGON - Singapore Airlines and Myanmar Airways International (MAI) will increase flight frequency to and from Yangon and Singapore, once the new visa rule takes effect in December.
Officers from the two airlines confirmed the plans to raise the number of flights to Singapore from Yangon and Mandalay.
“Right now, we have 10 Yangon-Singapore flights per week, but starting in December, we will be increasing daily flights to twice per day to offer as many as 14 flights per week,” said assistant general manager Aye Mara Thar from MAI.
Aside from the two airlines, five more operate flights on the route including Silk Air, Jet Star, Myanmar National Airlines and Air Asia.
Singapore is the most recent among Asean countries to establish an open visa relationship with Myanmar. From December 1, travellers from both countries need not to appy for visa for their 30-day travel.
Malaysia is the only remaining Asean nation without an open visa pact with Myanmar.
