YANGON International Airport was reopened to international travellers and businesses on 17 April after a two-year closure due to COVID-19.
The first flight of SQ-761 from
Singapore landed at the airport at 9 am on the reopening day. Arrivals from
Malaysia and Bangkok were followed, and officials welcomed them.
On 17 April, 688 departures and 393
arrivals from Yangon International Airport. The service was provided by MAI and
MNA airlines.
The first flight was launched on 18
April by passengers from Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, and Malaysia, and a total
of 517 passengers have arrived on five airlines.
On 19 April, the Bangkok-Yangon flight MAI-336 landed first with 32 passengers, followed by the UB-026 Kuala Lumpur-Yangon flight with 106 passengers.
Two hundred eighty-eight passengers
arrived at the airport via five airlines from China (Guangzhou), South Korea
(Incheon), Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand on the same day.
In the evening, Guangzhou, Incheon,
and Bangkok tourists continued to arrive.
“Yangon International Airport
caters to all needs of travellers. Everyone is happy about the reopening of
Myanmar’s best airport,” said a Yangon Aerodrome Company (YACL) official at the
Yangon International Airport.
“And the country’s development is
only through these airports, which are the country’s gateways. The tourism
industry also needs to make it more attractive for tourists.
“If we work harder to revitalize
the tourism sector, we will be able to surpass the previous tourist arrivals as
tourists love our country’s natural beauty,” he added.
Upon arrival at Yangon
International Airport, passengersare required to go to the airport health
counter and show the necessary COVID-19 virus-free PCR test and immunization
certificate.
Once the documents have been
verified, passengers can go through the immigrationprocess and pick up their
luggage.
After departure from the arrival
area, passengers can obtain the information on the entrance to the Health
Counter Quarantine arranged by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.
The quarantine will be provided
with check-in and checkout transportation arrangements, and foreign travellers
on commercial flights will be able to enter the hotel with a one-day
quarantine.—Nyein Thu (MNA)/ GNLM
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