Air Bagan Limited () was an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar."Contact Us ." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009. 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.
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, and the second to Singapore from 7 September 2007. 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.
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.
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.aerotelegraph.com - Airlines dying in Burma 9 August 2018
Destinations
Air Bagan served the following destinations:
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:
+ Air Bagan fleet Aircraft In Fleet Orders Notes ATR 42-320 1 – ATR 72-500 3 – Total 4 – Former fleets 2 Airbus A310-200 2 Fokker 100 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.
Accidents and incidents On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at Putao Airport injuring two people. 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."Airliner makes emergency landing on Myanmar road" AP. Retrieved: 25 December 2012. Among the injured was the well-known meditation teacher Allan Lokos, who was severely burned during his escape from the crashed aircraft.Allan Lokos, Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination (TarcherPerigee, 2015)
See also List of defunct airlines of Myanmar
References
External links
Official website Photos by Airliners.net