Business Air cancels flights
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Thailand's Business Air has cancelled its flight to Myanmar, being the only airline to do so this year.
According to the Department of Civil Aviation, it followed the footstep of Condor, the German holiday package charter that offered a weekly service. It cancelled flights last year.
An officer at the department said that the airlines cited a low number of passengers as the reason for the cancellation. So far, there is no other airline cancelling flights to Myanmar this year.
As Myanmar was reopened to the world in 2012, regional and global airlines rushed to establish air links with the country.
In the year, seven airlines started flights Yangon, bringing the number of airlines operating there from 15 to 22. They were Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), Qatar Airways, Taiwan’s EVA Air, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Condor Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
Starting service in 2013 were Thailand-based Nok Air and Business Air, as well as Tiger Air from Singapore.
Other Asian airlines offering direct flights include China Eastern Airlines Corp, Malaysia Airlines, Laos Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Thai Airways International, AirAsia, Bangkok Airways, and Cathay Pacific Airways’s Dragon Air.
