News on Dec. 8

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Re:  News on Dec. 8, 1994


Myanmar Airways expands international routes

    RANGOON, Dec 8 (Reuter) - Burma's state-controlled Myanmar Airways
International has said it will increase the number of flights to Thailand and
Singapore, and start a service to Bangladesh. 
    Airline chairman Colonel Tun Aung told a news conference on Wednesday
that the airline, established in August 1993, had broken even by March 31
this year and showed a $800,000 profit for the first half of fiscal 1994-95
(April-March). 
    Tun Aung gave no details of the airline's ongoing aircraft lease
agreement with Malaysian Airline System (MAS), or other financial data. 
    Starting December 21, Myanmar will start a service from Rangoon to Dhaka
in Bangladesh, Tun Aung said, but did not give details about its frequency. 
    Flights from Rangoon to Bangkok will be increased to 10 per week from
seven, and Rangoon-Singapore flights to four per week from three, the airline
said. 
    A second Boeing 737-400 which Myanmar is leasing from MAS arrived on
Wednesday. 
    Tun Aung also said Myanmar was considering a cooperation agreement with
Air India and expanding its network to China. 
 REUTER


Transmitted: 94-12-08 05:30:35 EST
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