NAY Pyi Taw International Airport opened for commercial operations on December 19, becoming the country’s third international airport after Yangon and Mandalay.
According to Myanmar’s transport ministry, the airport located in Yangon has a 3.6km runway and 10 passenger aerobridges, and can handle 50,000-65,000 flights, two million domestic visitors and tree million foreign visitors a year.
Meanwhile, Yangon international airport, which can handle 2.7 million passengers a year, is being expanded to handle 3.7 million by end 2012 or early 2013.
Myanmar’s other international airport in Mandalay has a 4.2km runway and can handle up to three million passengers a year, but at the moment only attracts regular flights from Kunming, China.
A large increase in passenger numbers at Yangon International Airport has also prompted the government to consider reviving the mothballed Hantharwaddy airport project near Bago town, which has been on hold for many years.
