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Myanmar Airways International's Profile
Myanmar Airways International - A Brief History
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) took off in August 1993, created
by a joint venture between Myanmar Airways and Singapore interests
with the support of Royal Brunei Airlines.
With a new Singapore management team (many ex-Singapore Airlines
staff), new Boeing aircraft with all expatriate cockpit crew,
better-trained flight attendants and new UK Civil Aviation Authority
operating standards, this was the beginning of a successful new era
for our national airline. Meanwhile, Myanmar Airways (UB) continued
operations as a purely domestic carrier for the local population.
MAI became the international airline of Myanmar with regular flights
between Yangon (the commercial capital of Myanmar) Singapore, Kuala
Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kunming, Dacca and Jakarta. MAI
continued to develop regionally.
MAI's potential continued to attract investors and in February 2007,
a new joint venture was formed in which Myanmar Airways retained 51%
and Region Air (HK) Ltd., took 49% stake.
Our aircraft are currently operated by an internationally
experienced team of skilled aviation personnel.
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