Korean Air to Start Flights to Yangon, Myanmar in September
Korean Air will launch nonstop service from Seoul Incheon to Yangon, the center for trade, industry, entertainment and tourism in Myanmar, starting Sept. 13, 2012.
Korean Air's new service to Yangon will depart from Seoul Incheon every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 18:05 and arrive inYangon at 21:40 the same day. The return flight will depart from Yangon at 23:20, arriving Seoul Incheon at 07:40 the next day.
Korean Air will be operating a B737-800 with a Boeing Sky interior, seating 138 passengers on the new route. Travelers can enjoy a variety of in-flight entertainment programs with a state-of-the-art AVOD (Audio & Video on Demand) system in all classes.
Yangon, formerly Rangoon, is the former capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is by far the largest city in that country and attracts tourists for a variety of reasons, including the Shwedagon or Great Dagon Pagoda, a 325-foot gilded pagoda that dominates the city's skyline. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.
About Korean Air
Korean Air, with a fleet of 145 aircraft, is one of the world's top 20 airlines, and operates almost 400 flights per day to 121 cities in 41 countries. It is afounding member of the SkyTeam alliance, which together with its 15 members, offers its 506 million annual passengers a worldwide system of more than 14,731 daily flights covering 958 destinations in 173 countries.
In 2011, Business Traveler named Korean Air the best Asian airline for the fifth consecutive year, while Global Traveler awarded the airline with best airline in northern Asia and best airport staff/gate agent. The carrier won the 2010 global travel catering distinction award by Pax International magazine while World Traveler magazine rated it as having the world's best inflight service. Travel & Leisure magazine readers say it is one of the world's top 10 international airlines and readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine voted Korean Air one of the world's top ten global airlines.
More on Korean Air's programs, routes, frequencies and partners is available at koreanair.com.
Korean Air's new service to Yangon will depart from Seoul Incheon every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 18:05 and arrive inYangon at 21:40 the same day. The return flight will depart from Yangon at 23:20, arriving Seoul Incheon at 07:40 the next day.
Korean Air will be operating a B737-800 with a Boeing Sky interior, seating 138 passengers on the new route. Travelers can enjoy a variety of in-flight entertainment programs with a state-of-the-art AVOD (Audio & Video on Demand) system in all classes.
Yangon, formerly Rangoon, is the former capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is by far the largest city in that country and attracts tourists for a variety of reasons, including the Shwedagon or Great Dagon Pagoda, a 325-foot gilded pagoda that dominates the city's skyline. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.
About Korean Air
Korean Air, with a fleet of 145 aircraft, is one of the world's top 20 airlines, and operates almost 400 flights per day to 121 cities in 41 countries. It is afounding member of the SkyTeam alliance, which together with its 15 members, offers its 506 million annual passengers a worldwide system of more than 14,731 daily flights covering 958 destinations in 173 countries.
In 2011, Business Traveler named Korean Air the best Asian airline for the fifth consecutive year, while Global Traveler awarded the airline with best airline in northern Asia and best airport staff/gate agent. The carrier won the 2010 global travel catering distinction award by Pax International magazine while World Traveler magazine rated it as having the world's best inflight service. Travel & Leisure magazine readers say it is one of the world's top 10 international airlines and readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine voted Korean Air one of the world's top ten global airlines.
More on Korean Air's programs, routes, frequencies and partners is available at koreanair.com.