Air Mandalay

Air Mandalay
IATA ICAO Call sign
6T AMY AIR MANDALAY
Founded6 October 1994
Commenced operations18 October 1994
Ceased operations4 September 2018
Operating basesYangon International Airport
Mandalay International Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations4
Parent companyAir Mandalay Ltd.
Myanmar Airways International
HeadquartersYangon, Myanmar
Websitewww.airmandalay.com

Air Mandalay (Burmese: အဲမန္တလေး) was a regional airline based in Yangon. Its main base was Yangon International Airport.[1] In early April 2015, two newly leased Embraer ERJ 145 jets joined its fleet.

History

The airline was established on 6 October 1994 and started operations on 18 October that year with a flight from Yangon to Mandalay. It was the first domestic and regional joint venture airline in Myanmar. Director of Flight Operations was Captain Zaw Thein, and Chief Pilot was Captain James Keep. On 27 August 1995, Air Mandalay started its first international service from Yangon to Chiang Mai in Thailand.[1]

The airline ceased operations on September 4, 2018 amidst overcapacity in Myanmar's aviation market with all of its flights incorporated by Myanmar National Airlines.[2]

Destinations

Air Mandalay ERJ145
Air Mandalay ATR 72 at Yangon Airport
Air Mandalay ATR 42 at Yangon Airport

Air Mandalay served the following destinations (as of August 2018):[3]

Myanmar

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2018 the Air Mandalay fleet comprised the following aircraft:[4]

Air Mandalay fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Notes
Embraer ERJ-145/ER 2 —
Embraer ERJ-145/LR 1 —
Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 — 6[5]
Total 3 6

Former fleet

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 62.
  2. ^ ""Extremely difficult": Air Mandalay shuts down amid overcapacity". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. ^ Air Mandalay Route Map
  4. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2018): 21.
  5. ^ "Myanmar airline to buy six jets from Mitsubishi Aircraft". japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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