Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Mandalay-Imphal flights to take off on July 3?

Imphal: Though there is no sign of any preparation being made here, a report filed by Sid Dhartha from Yangon in TTG Asia today has stated that commencement of Golden Myanmar Airlines' a twice-weekly charter service between Mandalay and Imphal on Airbus A320 and a 69-seater ATR 72-690 aircraft, which was earlier slated for June 27 but postponed, could now take off on July 3 .
The report said that Myanmar and India are working together to promote tourism through a new charter service linking Mandalay and the North-east state of Manipur in India, the launch of which was postponed.
However, Golden Myanmar Airlines' commencement of a twice-weekly charter service on Airbus A320 and a 69-seater ATR 72-690 aircraft is now to take off on July 3 while the airline finalises preparations with Indian authorities.
Aung Gyi, the carrier's managing director, said: "We are postponing the launch until further notice from our partner in India.
(When we get clearance) we will operate two charter flights a week, and passengers will get visa on arrival in Imphal" .
01/07/14 E-Pao
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