Myanmar, Nepal to Establish Air Link

Myanmar, Nepal to Establish Air Link

Myanmar, Nepal to establish air link

YANGON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and Nepal will establish direct air link soon with a Nepalese airline, the Cosmic, proposing to fly between Kathmandu and Yangon beginning the open season in late this year, a local press reported Monday.

Negotiations on the move have been made once and more will follow for the confirmation, the Flower News said.

The set up of the air link is aimed mainly at facilitating pilgrims of the two Buddhist countries to visit each other nations ' religious sites as part of their tourism promotion efforts, the report said.

Previously, air trips between the two capitals have to go through Calcutta of India.

Meanwhile, an aviation delegation of three countries -- Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, will visit Myanmar later this year to carry out a feasibility study on developing air links among CLMV countries which also include Myanmar, according to other reports.

Besides, Myanmar and the Philippines are also exploring enhanced cooperation in the air sector and a negotiation is underway to work out an air services agreement between them, air industry sources said.

There has been a number of foreign airlines that fly Yangon including Air China, Thai Airways International, Silk Air, Malaysian Airline System, Biman (Bangladesh), Indian Airlines, Lauda Air (Austria), Phuket Airlines (Thailand), Bangkok Airways and Qatar Airways (Middle-East).

There are also three Myanmar-foreign joint venture airlines flying international routes which are the Myanmar Airways International, the United Myanmar Airlines and the Air Myanmar.

Myanmar's domestic airlines are represented by one state-run Myanma Airways and three joint ventures which are Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways and Air Bagan.