MYANMAR Airways International (MAI) is considering adopting technologies offered by air transport communications and IT firm SITA to bolster its future growth.
U Si Thu, managing director, MAI, said: “MAI is about to embark on a major route expansion across the region and it is critical that this is supported by efficient IT systems in order that we meet passenger and operational expectations.”
If implemented, the new IT platform will be introduced over the next three years, and is expected to improve efficiencies, while lowering costs in areas such as passenger and baggage management, airport operations and aircraft communications.
MAI carries 500,000 passengers per year between Yangon and Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Gaya and Guangzhou.
The airline recently ramped up frequencies to existing destinations and will begin a thrice-weekly service to Hong Kong in December. It is also planning to add medium-haul routes to South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
