Air KBZ
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| Founded | October 2010 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Yangon International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 14 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Flying Beyond Expectation | ||||||
| Parent company | KBZ Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar | ||||||
| Key people | U Moe San Aung (Managing Director) | ||||||
| Website |
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Air KBZ (Burmese: အဲကေဘီဇက်) is a privately owned domestic Myanmar airline based in Yangon. Air Kanbawza, otherwise known as AIR KBZ, was established in June 2010[1]. The airline is owned by Kanbawza Bank and began operations with a Yangon-Bagan-Nyaung Oo-Mandalay-Heho-Yangon flight on 2 April 2011[2]. In 2015 Air KBZ began codesharing international flights with its partner Myanmar Airways International but 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[3].
Destinations
Air KBZ flies to the following destinations within Myanmar:[4]
- Bagan - Nyaung U Airport
- Banmaw - Banmaw Airport
- Heho - Heho Airport
- Kalaymyo - Kalaymyo Airport
- Kawthaung - Kawthaung Airport
- Kengtung - Kengtung Airport
- Lashio - Lashio Airport
- Mandalay - Mandalay International Airport Base
- Mergui - Mergui Airport
- Myeik - Myeik Airport
- Myitkyina - Myitkyina Airport
- Putao - Putao Airport
- Sittwe - Sittwe Airport
- Dawei - Dawei Airport
- Tachilek - Tachilek Airport
- Thandwe - Thandwe Airport
- Yangon - Yangon International Airport Main Base
Fleet
Current Fleet
The Air KBZ fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[5]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Notes |
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| ATR 72-500 | 4 | 0 | |
| ATR 72-600 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
Former Fleet
- 2 further ATR 72-500
Sponsorships
In 2014, Air KBZ started sponsoring Myanmar's national sport, Lethwei. The event is called the Air KBZ Aung Lan Golden Belt Championship being held at Thein Phyu Stadium in Yangon.[6]
References
- http://www.airmyanmar.com/airKBZ.htm
- http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/groups/fleet_and_orders_gossip_shop/blog/archive/2011/06/06/airline-start-ups-air-kbz-launches-domestic-services.aspx
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120616203810/http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/568/news56805.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170406145458/http://www.jetradar-asia.com/
- ↑ http://www.airkbz.com/node/18
- ↑ "Kanbawza to launch domestic airline on April 1". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ "Airline Review - Air KBZ". Destination Travel. 2 May 2018.
- ↑ http://www.airmyanmar.com/airKBZ.htm
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 21.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (13 December 2016). "Myanmar's lethwei goliath toppled by Canadian 'Dave'". Myanmar Times.
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