Mangshi opens int’l direct air route to Yangon
By Gateway | 2025-04-03 06:00:24
Following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, west Yunnan’s Mangshi city opened a new international direct air route to Yangon on April 1.
A view of Mangshi airport in west Yunnan’s Dehong prefecture. Photo/Dehong Updates
The Mandalay International Airport was temporarily closed amid the quake, and the Mangshi-Yangon direct air route is an adjustment from the original Mangshi-Mandalay-Yangon route. The adjusted route will last till May 8, 2025.
The Mangshi-Yangon flights will run five times weekly on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Flight UB811 departs Yangon for Mangshi, while flight UB812 travels from Mangshi to Yangon.
Source: Xinhua; Trans-editing by Wang Shixue