STATE-run Myanma Airways is welcoming the peak tourism season with new sightseeing tours from Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyarwady kicking off this month.
Myanma Airways’ Mandalay branch manager, who declined to be named, said: “We have already received a few bookings…Currently all bookings are made by local travellers because the high season is just starting.
“We hope this new service will reach international visitors.”
From Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi airport, Myanma Airways offers three routes: Chanmyathazi-Bagan/Nyaung Oo-Chanmyathazi, Chanmyathazi-Pyin Oo Lwin-Goke Htaik Bridge-Chanmyathazi and Chanmyathazi-Bagan/Nyaung Oo-Monywa-Chanmyathazi.
Tours are available from 07.00 and 15.30 daily. Prices vary from US$50-$60, depending on the route, while charters are priced US$750 per hour. The airline will deploy 10-seater Grand Caravan aircraft for the tours.
Using the same kind of aircraft, Myanma Airways has also started tours from Yangon. Yangon-Pathein-Yangon tours are at US$30 per person.
From Pathein, Ayeyarwady, the airline is also running two routes: Pathein-Ngwe Saung Beach-Chaung Tha Beach at US$25 and Pathein-Ngwe Saung Beach-Mawtinsoon-Pathein at US$30.
