Myanmar invites foreign firms to upgrade Yangon airport
Yangon - Myanmar has invited foreign firms to participate in upgrading Yangon International Airport to handle an extra million arrivals by next year, reports said Sunday.
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) will soon invite both localand foreign investors to help upgrade Yangon Airport's capacity from2.7 million passengers per year at present to 3.7 million by early 2013, the department's assistant director general Nwe Ni Win Kyaw told the Myanmar Times.
Myanmar, whose recent political and economic reforms have been welcomed by the West and Asian neighbours, will host the South-East Asian Games in 2013 and its first summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2014.//DPA
