The MAI launched the Yangon-Mandalay-Novosibirsk-Mandalay-Yangon flight on 5 September ensuring the essential connectivity between the Russian Federation and Myanmar, and the flight landed in Yangon successfully yesterday morning.
The MAI flight left for Russia at 2:05 pm on 5 September from Yangon International Airport and headed to Novosibirsk in Russia from Mandalay. Before the departure to Russia, the relevant officials of Mandalay Region cordially met flight passengers and had commemorative photos taken with them at Mandalay International Airport.
To strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the two governments, departmental officials, tourism industries and travel and tour companies should promote their tourism industries with their existing cultural heritage, picturesque scenes and beaches.
Moreover, the MAI launched the new flight not just for the profits but for aiming to facilitate the trade flows of the two countries, economy, hotels and tourism industries, health and other services for the people of the two countries.
The Myanmar-Russia direct flight will operate twice a week every Tuesday and Saturday. Myanmar travellers can visit the territory of the Russian Federation including its city Moscow from Novosibirsk with Russia’s S7 airlines. Similarly, Russian travellers can visit Myanmar and ASEAN countries where the MAI operates its flights.
Besides the current new flight, the MAI will fly to Moscow, and St Petersburg in Russia soon with flights like Airbus A330 and long-haul flights. Moreover, it also arranged to expand operations to 11 cities including Beijing in China.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar