Myanmar National Airlines

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Myanmar National Airlines
မြန်မာအမျိုးသား လေကြောင်းလိုင်း
Former Myanmar National Airlines logo
Myanmar National Airlines Boeing 737-800
IATA code : UB
ICAO code : UBA
Call sign : UNIONAIR
Founding: 1948 (as Union of Burma Airways)
Seat: Rangoon , MyanmarMyanmarMyanmar 
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Home airport : Rangoon
Company form: State company
Management: Than Tun ( CEO )
Fleet size: 16 (+ 8 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: www.flymna.com

Myanmar National Airlines is the national airline of Myanmar , based in Yangon and based on the Yangon International Airport . It was founded as Union of Burma Airways , renamed Burma Airways Corporation ( Burma Airways for short ) in December 1972 , and then Myanma Airways in April 1989 . In December 2014, the current (2018) name was finally adopted.

history

Union of Burma Airways Boeing 727-100 in 1974

The airline was originally called Union of Burma Airways and was founded in the 1950s when the country was still called 'Burma' or 'Burma' in English. For many decades it was the country's only airline. In the early 1970s it was renamed the Burma Airways Corporation . With the change of the country name in Myanmar in 1989, the company was renamed Myanma Airways . The spelling, which differs from the country name, was due to the fact that the company used the adjectival name ('Myanmar'). In December 2014, the company was renamed Myanmar National Airlines .

The company is wholly state-owned and subordinate to the Ministry of Transport.

The international airline Myanmar Airways International (MAI) was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Myanmar National Airlines and Singaporean partners .

Destinations

Myanmar National Airlines flies to a total of 25 national destinations from its hubs. International destinations in Southeast Asia are also served.

fleet

ATR 72-600 of Myanmar National Airlines
Embraer 190 of Myanmar National Airlines in the old color scheme

Current fleet

As of March 2020, the Myanmar National Airlines fleet consists of 16 aircraft with an average age of 4.4 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats

( Business / Eco + / Eco )

ATR 72-600 10 + 6 options
Boeing 737-800 4th 2 with winglets fitted 164 (8/24/132)
Boeing 737 MAX 8 4th - open -
Comac ARJ21-700 2
Embraer 190 2 100 (- / 20/80)
total 16 8th

Former aircraft types

In the past, Myanmar National Airlines used the following types of aircraft, among others:

Incidents

At this company there were - under its four different names - a total of 30 total write-offs of aircraft from 1953 to July 2018. In 20 of them 376 people were killed:

  • Union of Burma Airways 10 total write-offs of aircraft, including 5 with 74 fatalities.
  • Burma Airways 14 total losses, of which 11 with 234 fatalities.
  • Myanma Airways 6 total losses, of which 4 with 68 fatalities.
  • Myanmar National Airlines had no total write-off as of September 2019 ...

Extracts:

  • On August 26, 1978 a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Burma Airways (XY-AEI) crashed on the flight to Bagan shortly after taking off from Papun airfield from a height of 120 meters. All 14 occupants, 3 crew members and 11 passengers were killed.
  • On August 12, 1982, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter operated by Burma Airways (XY-AEB) collided with a hill near Mindat during a storm. All 8 occupants, 3 crew members and 5 passengers were killed.
  • On October 8, 1983, the left engine of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Burma Airways (XY-AEE) failed shortly after take-off from Lonkin Airfield. The plane collided with trees on a hill and crashed. The machine was on the flight to Myitkyina . Of the 14 occupants, 9 (all 3 crew members and 6 of the 11 passengers) were killed.

See also

Web links

Commons : Myanmar National Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Myanmar: National airline gets new name, accessed on January 16, 2015
  2. ↑ flymna.com - Route Map ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on August 10, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flymna.com
  3. ^ Myanmar National Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ atraircraft.com - Myanmar National Airlines takes delivery of its first ATR 72-600, August 3, 2015 (English), accessed on August 10, 2015
  5. ↑ genewsroom.com - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to Lease 10 New Boeing Aircraft With Myanma Airways, February 11, 2014 (English), accessed August 17, 2016
  6. ↑ english.comac.cc - Sales Agreement for two ARJ21-700 Aircraft signed by COMAC and Myanma Airways , accessed on June 2, 2011
  7. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1967–2007.
  8. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
  9. ↑ Accident statistics Union of Burma Airways , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ Burma Airways accident statistics , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ Accident statistics Myanma Airways , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 18, 2019.
  12. ^ Accident report DHC-6 XY-AEH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
  13. ^ Accident report DHC-6 XY-AEI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
  14. ↑ accident report F-27-400 XY ADO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14 2020th
  15. ^ Accident report DHC-6 XY-AEB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
  16. ^ Accident report DHC-6 XY-AEE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.