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Air Mandalay

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Regional Airline of Myanmar

Air Mandalay (Burmese: အဲမန္တလေး) was a regional airline based in Yangon. Its main base was Yangon International Airport. In early April 2015, two newly leased Embraer ERJ 145 jets joined its fleet.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Air Mandalay ATR 42-300 MRD-1
Photo: M Radzi Desa, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Air Mandalay (Burmese: အဲမန္တလေး) was a regional airline based in Yangon. Its main base was Yangon International Airport. In early April 2015, two newly leased Embraer ERJ 145 jets joined its fleet.2

The story

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.

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Air Mandalay, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Destinations

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

Myanmar

Mandalay - Mandalay International Airport, secondary hub

Sittwe – Sittwe Airport

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Tachilek – Tachilek Airport

Yangon – Yangon International Airport, main hub

Myitkyina – Myitkyina Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

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

Former fleet

3 ATR 42-320

4 ATR 72-212

From Wikipedia’s article on Air Mandalay, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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