What prompted the airline to decide on Chennai as its fourth Indian vacation spot?

Myanmar Airways Worldwide determined to launch flights between Yangon and Chennai as we imagine there are numerous optimistic indicators in growing point-to-point flights between each markets. Therefore it turns into our fourth vacation spot in India after Delhi, Kolkata and Gaya. First, we imagine there’s a substantial visiting household and pal (VFR) section as there are an estimated a million Myanmar Tamils with household and family members again in India. Second, as a year-round vacation spot, Chennai, particularly, and Tamil Nadu typically, have a lot to supply to Myanmar travellers with their non secular websites, which embody a number of UNESCO Heritage Websites, pure points of interest comparable to wildlife sanctuaries, and seashores, and being a hub for medical tourism with a excessive focus of health-care services within the nation. We additionally imagine that we will place Myanmar, with its distinctive tradition, pure wonders, and Bagan UNESCO Heritage Website, as a vacation spot for outbound vacationers from Chennai and its catchment areas, contemplating its huge market measurement potential of greater than 70 million individuals and different socio-economic elements. Additionally, from our community perspective, we imagine Chennai, among the many nation’s high 5 airports, could be a case research to look at the general market’s reception to a virgin vacation spot in South India, in comparison with our extra conventional North India flights.

What does MAI have on provide for the traveller from Chennai? What about an e-visa facility?

MAI presents a promotional all-in fare of simply ₹19,500 one-way and ₹37,500 return to have a good time our new route launch. Apart from that, we additionally present 5 kilograms [additional baggage allowance] freed from cost to all passengers travelling on the Yangon and Chennai flights throughout the first month. The e-visa facility is offered at https://evisa.moip.gov.mm/ with a vacationer visa costing $50 for 28 days and a enterprise visa costing $70 for 70 days.

The airline has stated that the main target for the Chennai route can be visiting buddies and family members (VFR), medical, pilgrimage, and tourism. What’s the information for every of those segments? What are the opposite segments? What are the packages for a traveller to Myanmar?

We imagine visiting household and family members (VFR) could be the biggest section with about 30%-40% contribution, with the remainder of the focused journey segments to be fairly evenly distributed amongst them. On the identical time, taking a look at Chennai’s significance within the enterprise sector, we may also intention to develop the company market between each nations. Based mostly on an preliminary market scan, Myanmar journey packages vary roughly from ₹30,000 for 3 days/two nights to ₹90,000 for 10 days/9 nights typically.

The airline has stated it’s trying to develop Chennai as a transit hub for home switch passengers and past. Are there any particular markets? What concerning the cargo potential?

We’re exploring positioning Chennai as a transit hub for South India, particularly to locations comparable to Bengaluru, Coimbatore and Madurai, and past. Concerning cargo, we see a considerable and constant quantity, albeit small, specializing in prescribed drugs and human hair shipments.

Are there any agreements which were signed with airways in India? As Air India is a codeshare associate, are there plans for South India preparations?

Sure, Air India is at the moment our codeshare associate. We’re actively engaged on the system integration for seamless codeshare availability and expertise. We anticipate to launch our codeshare operations as early as attainable. Certainly, we’re contemplating increasing the codeshare association with Air India as we acknowledge their in depth community protection in India, in keeping with our plans to place Chennai as an alternate transit hub in India.

May you elaborate on the airline’s standing when it comes to its aviation infrastructure, engineering services and security audits? What concerning the fleet?

Since our inception, we’ve had the privilege to work with numerous stakeholders throughout the board to make sure air journey is accessible and to advertise the general socio-economic progress of the nation. The MAI fleet consists of 11 plane, particularly 4 Airbus A320s, 4 Airbus A319s and three Embraer E190s, operated by a crew of extremely educated pilots and flight attendants. The security and luxury of our passengers are the airline’s precedence: therefore, we strictly adjust to Myanmar Civil Aviation Necessities (MCAR) and cling to the distinctive working requirements of the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO), with MAI being the primary and solely IATA Operational Security Audit (IOSA) licensed worldwide service from Myanmar. Consequently, we’re recognised as one of many carriers with a 7-star ranking by AirlineRatings.com, the world’s main security and product ranking company. MAI was named because the “Most Admired ASEAN Enterprise” in Myanmar on the 2014 Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Enterprise Awards, hosted by the ASEAN Enterprise Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC). MAI has been recognised by necessary governmental and trade organisations throughout the [COVID-19] pandemic, together with recognition from the Korean Ministry of Overseas Affairs’ Abroad Residents Safety Division for steady operations between each nations throughout the pandemic and named because the 2021 Airline of the 12 months throughout the sixth Incheon Airport Awards by Seoul-Incheon Worldwide Airport, considered one of Skytrax’s high 10 airports.

The service to Chennai can be by a mixture of the Embraer and Airbus A320 household of jets. What are the companies on provide?

As MAI is a full-service service, our friends get pleasure from many advantages when flying with our service, together with free baggage allowance of 40 kg for enterprise class and 30 kg for financial system class and an inflight meal, that are a part of the airfare. Apart from the full-service, MAI friends additionally will get pleasure from unbeatable worth provides: our Sky Smile, a frequent flyer programme, presents our friends mileage accruals that are invaluable in the direction of their subsequent travels with our service, whereas the Sky Offers boarding move programme presents as much as 40% reductions throughout greater than 80 companions throughout ASEAN. Moreover, particular to enterprise friends, MAI additionally presents complimentary VIP lounge entry with our devoted check-in, baggage drop and customs and immigration clearance for enterprise friends at Yangon.

Will this flight be one of many world’s longest flights by the Embraer 190? Individually, will this be the longest Embraer E190 flight for Myanmar Airways Worldwide?

Our E190 flights between Yangon and Chennai won’t be one of many longest flights for this plane sort as the common air distance between each factors is roughly 1,418 miles or 2,282 kilometres, which is able to take about three hours and quarter-hour per approach. Therefore, our flight is far shorter than the world document flight distance held by the identical plane sort between Minsk and Dubai, which clocks at 2,422 miles or 3,898 km. Our Yangon-Chennai flight turns into our second longest flight for our E190 fleet after our Yangon -Taipei flights, which clocks in at 4 hours and quarter-hour. Apart from Chennai and Taipei, we additionally utilise our E190 fleet primarily to function flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Phnom Penh, Delhi, Kolkata and 10 cities inside Myanmar on our home community. Our Airbus fleet additionally operates alternately on the E190 routes topic to demand issue, with a give attention to flights to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul, Dubai, Guangzhou and Kunming.

What concerning the Air KBZ hyperlink?

Air KBZ is MAI’s sister service that operates home locations in Myanmar, serving 17 locations inside the nation with its fleet of ATR72-600s, together with key locations comparable to Mandalay, Thandwe-Ngapali Seashore, the Nyaung-U Bagan UNESCO Heritage Website, Heho-Inle Lake and the Myeik-Mergui Archipelago. Each carriers work seamlessly on a codeshare foundation as we share the identical know-how platform; therefore friends should purchase their tickets through the MAI web site or our commerce companions through our brokers’ portal. Based mostly on these preparations, our home codeshare community can be accessible through all the main world distribution methods.