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China Southern Airlines opened new direct flights between Rangoon
and Guangzhou on Monday aimed to promote travel and economic
exchanges between the two countries.
The airline has scheduled flights on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday, departing from Guangzhou, China, a CSA staff member in
the Bangkok sales office told The Irrawaddy on Monday.
China Southern Airlines is the third Chinese airline to offer
flights to Burma. The other two airlines are China Air, departing
from Taiwan to Rangoon, and Air China, departing from Kunming, the
capital of China’s Yunnan province, to Mandalay in central
Burma. The two airlines offer four flights a week on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
The Weekly Journal, a Rangoon-based Burmese language
journal, reported on June 27 that the CSA flight will depart
Rangoon at 8:50 a.m. for Guangzhou.
The airline will also carry cargo, including such items as
exotic fish and shrimp, the journal said. Transporting cargo by
land takes around 46 hours to travel from Rangoon to Shweli a
China-Burma border town.
The Xinhua news agency reported on Monday that there are
more than 10 airlines, including Myanmar Airways International and
nine foreign airlines, offering flights to Rangoon. More than 80
flights per week fly between Rangoon and eight international
destinations, including Bangkok; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Singapore;
and Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
Burma has three domestic airlines: the state-run Myanmar
Airways, and two state-private joint ventures, Air Mandalay and
Yangon Airways. A privately run airline, Air Bagan, recently added
its first international flight from Rangoon to Bangkok in mid-May
and it has announced plans to add more international flights to
other countries, including China and Singapore, according to
Xinhua.
Source: The
Irrawaddy
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