Myanmar’s privately owned Air Bagan has received an Airbus A310-200, one of three planes the airline has purchased to begin flying to neighboring countries, official media said Wednesday.

A second Airbus A310-200 and a Fokker 100 are expected to arrive soon, as the airline begins new routes to Thailand, Singapore and China, the official New Light of Myanmar said.

Air Bagan plans to start daily flights from Yangon going to Bangkok and Singapore, while offering three flights a week to Kunming, in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, it added.

The airline already has one Fokker 100, three ATR 42s and two ATR 72s which fly domestic routes, the paper said.

An airline official declined to confirm the arrival of the aircraft, but said that Air Bagan did expect to begin flying internationally soon.

“We will be the first (private airline) to fly to an international destination,” she said.
Myanmar’s military rulers agreed in June to allow Air Bagan to fly internationally.

Air Bagan is one of three private airlines in Myanmar. It opened in November 2004, mainly to bring tourists to the ancient city of Bagan, which is home to thousands of world-famous 11th and 12th century Buddhist temples.