YANGON, 3 October 2019: Myanmar Airways International has confirmed it will introduce a new nonstop service from its Yangon base to Seoul in South Korea this December.
The airline, which has strong links with travel agents across Asia is confident that the new service will gain support from South Korea’s outbound travel firms.
Timetable information from Airlineroute indicates the new service will launch 3 December using a 144-seat Airbus A319.
The four-weekly flights will depart Yangon at 1645 on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Flights will arrive in Seoul Incheon at 0050 on the following morning. The return flight will depart Seoul 0150 and arrive in 0500
The airline currently flies to Bangkok, Singapore, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Hefei, Fuzhou and Kolkata with a fleet of three A319 aircraft. The flight to Seoul Incheon will be its 10th destination.
MAI’s commercial partner, Air KBZ, provides a domestic route network that connects with MAI flights. It allows foreign tour operators to bundle fares on MAI through the Yangon gateway to all popular tourist destinations in the country.
According to a report in Myanmar Times, MAI is part of a group that provides just 7% of all international airline seats to Myanmar, but it intends to increase that market mix share by the end of the year.
Myanmar confirmed 16 August that it would extend its visa-free policy for Japanese and Korean visitors allowing them to visa-free travel Myanmar for another year starting 1 October. Myanmar welcomed 1.84 million visitors in the first five months of 2019 based on data released by the tourism ministry. It should close the year with around 3.55 million visitors based on the robust growth of 137% from China, 85% from South Korea and 24% from Japan.
