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Myanmar Airways International - company profile
Myanmar's original and only national airline was called Union of Burma Airways and began operations in the 1950s when the country was still known as Burma. In the early 1970s it was renamed Burma Airways Corporation and continued services under this name until 1988, when Burma was officially renamed Myanmar and the airline was renamed Myanmar Airways.
Myanmar Airways International (MAI), the National Flag Carrier of the Union of Myanmar took off in August 1993, created by a joint venture between Myanma Airways and Singapore based company.
Effective from March 2009, share holdings stands at State owned Myanmar Airways holds 20% share and Myanmar National owned private company.
With a new Management Team, new Airbus A320-231 aircraft with all expatriate cockpit crew, better-trained flight attendants and Myanmar Civil Aviation Requirements & International Civil Aviation Organization operating standards, this was the beginning of a successful new era for our national airline. MAI, its standards of quality and safety has recently able to be satisfied by Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP).
MAI became the international airline of Myanmar with regular flights between Yangon (the commercial capital of Myanmar) Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Bangkok to Singapore, Gaya, Siem Reap and Guang Zhou.
Although MAI (8M) is a small airline, MAI is a member of the IATA Clearing House (ICH) and a partner of the IATA, MITA system, and through MITA, we have international and SPA agreements with many international airlines.
Our aircrafts are currently operated by an internationally experienced team of skilled aviation personnel. Safety and Comfort of our passenger have always been our first priority. Therefore to this date we were able to keep 100% safety and accident free in our aviation history and record book. |
