Austria opens air link with Myanmar ( Xinhua ) November 7, 2002


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Austria opens air link with Myanmar

YANGON, Nov. 7 (Xinhuanet)

Austria has opened air link with Myanmar with an inaugural flight, made by the Lauda Air of the country from Vienna, landing at the Yangon International Airport on Wednesday.

According to Thursday's state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar, the Austrian airline's flight schedule involves the border town of Phuket of Thailand on its return trip from Yangon.

The Lauda Air Luftfahrt AG will operate once a week Vienna-Yangon-Phuket-Vienna regular flight, leaving Vienna on Tuesday and reaching Yangon on Wednesday morning.

It uses B767-300 aircraft as carrier which has a seating capacity of 244. Meanwhile, aimed at attracting more foreign tourists in the country, the Myanmar authorities will grant visas-on-arrival to any individual arriving at the Yangon International Airport on flights operated by the Lauda Air, according to an earlier official report.

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