Air Bagan


Air Bagan Limited was an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. It operated domestic scheduled services within Myanmar, as well as to Thailand with codeshare flights with Asian Wings Airways. Its main bases were Yangon International Airport and Mandalay International Airport. In 2018, the airline ceased operations.

History

The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It was owned by Htoo Trading Co. Ltd. Its first international service was flown from Yangon to Bangkok on 15 May 2007, and the second to Singapore from 7 September 2007. Air Bagan was listed as a Specially Designated National by the United States Department of the Treasury for its association with the Government of Myanmar, meaning U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with the airline by U.S. sanctions against the government of Myanmar.
When Cyclone Nargis struck Lower Myanmar in May 2008, the Burmese government gave Air Bagan and its parent company, Htoo Trading Co. Ltd responsibility to reconstruct the badly devastated town of Bogale in the Ayeyarwady Delta.
In August 2015 Air Bagan announced that it suspended all flights. All flights were then operated by its code-sharing partner Asian Wings, which is also owned by the Htoo Trading Co. Ltd.
The airline ceased operations again and handed back its licence to the authorities in August 2018.

Destinations

Air Bagan served the following destinations:
As of 17 November 2021, Air Bagan's fleet included the following aircraft:
AircraftIn FleetOrdersNotes
ATR 42-3201–
ATR 72-5003–
Total4–

Former fleets
In 2015, the airline pauses operations after an ATR 72 skied of the runway at Yangon International Airport, leaving them with only one plane left.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at Putao Airport injuring two people.
  • On 25 December 2012, Air Bagan Flight 11 a Fokker 100 registered XY-AGC, crash-landed near Heho Airport, killing one on board, one on the ground and injuring eleven. Among the injured was the well-known meditation teacher Allan Lokos, who was severely burned during his escape from the crashed aircraft.