Air Bagan Limited was an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar.[3] It operated domestic scheduled services within Myanmar, as well as to Thailand with codeshare flights with Asian Wings Airways. Its main bases were Yangon International Airport and Mandalay International Airport. In 2018, the airline ceased operations.[4]
History
The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It was owned by Htoo Trading Co. Ltd. Its first international service was flown from Yangon to Bangkok on 15 May 2007,[4] and the second to Singapore from 7 September 2007.[5] Air Bagan was listed as a Specially Designated National by the United States Department of the Treasury for its association with the Government of Myanmar, meaning U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with the airline by U.S. sanctions against the government of Myanmar.[6]
When Cyclone Nargis struck Lower Myanmar in May 2008, the Burmese government gave Air Bagan and its parent company, Htoo Trading Co. Ltd responsibility to reconstruct the badly devastated town of Bogale in the Ayeyarwady Delta.[7]
In August 2015 Air Bagan announced that it suspended all flights. All flights were then operated by its code-sharing partner Asian Wings, which is also owned by the Htoo Trading Co. Ltd.
The airline ceased operations again and handed back its licence to the authorities in August 2018.[8]
Destinations
Air Bagan served the following destinations:[9]
- Myanmar
- Ayeyarwady Region
- Pathein - Pathein Airport
- Kachin State
- Myitkyina - Myitkyina Airport
- Putao - Putao Airport
- Mandalay Region
- Bagan - Nyaung U Airport
- Mandalay - Mandalay International Airport Base
- Naypyidaw - Naypyidaw International Airport
- Rakhine State
- Sittwe - Sittwe Airport
- Thandwe - Thandwe Airport
- Sagaing Region
- Kalaymyo - Kalaymyo Airport
- Shan State
- Heho - Heho Airport
- Kengtung - Kengtung Airport
- Lashio - Lashio Airport
- Tachileik - Tachilek Airport
- Tanintharyi Region
- Dawei - Dawei Airport
- Kawthaung - Kawthaung Airport
- Yangon Region
- Yangon - Yangon International Airport
- Thailand
- Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai International Airport
Fleet
As of 17 November 2021, Air Bagan's fleet included the following aircraft:[10]
Former fleets In 2015, the airline pauses operations after an ATR 72 (Registration: XY-AIH) skied of the runway at Yangon International Airport, leaving them with only one plane left.
- 2 Airbus A310-200
- 2 Fokker 100
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at Putao Airport injuring two people.[11]
- On 25 December 2012, Air Bagan Flight 11 a Fokker 100 registered XY-AGC, crash-landed near Heho Airport, killing one on board, one on the ground and injuring eleven.[12] Among the injured was the well-known meditation teacher Allan Lokos, who was severely burned during his escape from the crashed aircraft.[13]
See also
External links
References
- IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search iata.org, retrieved 3 May 2015^
- Song Shutao. Burma private airline launches first international Xinhua Online, 15 May 2007^
- "Contact Us ." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009.^
- Directory: World Airlines Flight International, 27 March 2007^
- "Myanmar's Air Bagan launches S'pore service", AsiaOne Travel, 7 September 2007 retrieved 7 September 2007^
- SDN List by Country treasury.gov, retrieved 25 May 2023^
- Nargis Cyclone Air Bagan's Humanitarian Work retrieved 2 November 2008^
- aerotelegraph.com - Airlines dying in Burma 9 August 2018^
- Air Bagan International and Domestic Route Map retrieved 21 August 2009^
- About Us | Air Bagan www.airbagan.com^
- KNG. Air Bagan's ATR aircraft crashes in Putao; no casualties Burma Campaign Australia, 20 February 2008, retrieved 10 June 2013^
- "Airliner makes emergency landing on Myanmar road" AP. Retrieved: 25 December 2012.^
- Allan Lokos, Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination (TarcherPerigee, 2015)^