Private company

Mingalar Aviation Services

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Airline from Myanmar

Mingalar Aviation Services (Burmese: မင်္ဂလာ လေကြောင်းပို့ဆောင်ရေးလုပ်ငန်း) formerly known as Air Kanbawza or Air KBZ, is a privately owned domestic airline in Myanmar based in Yangon.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Laurent ERRERA from L'Union, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Mingalar Aviation Services (Burmese: မင်္ဂလာ လေကြောင်းပို့ဆောင်ရေးလုပ်ငန်း) formerly known as Air Kanbawza or Air KBZ, is a privately owned domestic airline in Myanmar based in Yangon.2

The story

The airline was established in June 2010 as Air Kanbawza by KBZ Group of Companies, then owned by Aung Ko Win. The airline began operations with domestic scheduled services from Yangon, Myanmar on 2 April 2011. In 2015 Air KBZ began codesharing international flights with its partner Myanmar Airways International, and on 2 December 2016, Air KBZ itself expanded internationally, launching its first scheduled service outside Myanmar with flights connecting Yangon and Chiang Mai in neighboring Thailand.

In late 2018, 24 Hour Group, owned by Aung Aung Zaw, bought Air KBZ. In December 2023, KBZ completed its exit from Air KBZ. On 6 January 2024, the new owner launched a rebranding initiative, renaming the airline to Mingalar Aviation Services ("Mingalar").

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Products and brands

Destinations

Mingalar Aviation Services serves the following destinations as of January 2024:

Codeshare agreements

Mingalar Aviation Services has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Myanmar Airways International

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2025, Mingalar Aviation Services operates the following aircraft:

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Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft under the name of Air KBZ (as of April 2024):

6 ATR 72-500

5 ATR 72-600, 1 sold to Mann Yadanarpon Airlines

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Timeline

  1. 2010Founded Founded1