Myanmar Airways International is suspending its Yangon-Taipei service less than a month after it was launched because of low passenger loads, Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency reported.
MAI has applied to Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration to suspend the service from February 23, CNA reported through its Focus Taiwan News Channel on February 21.
MAI launched the service on January 26 after applying to operate three charter flights a week between Yangon and Taipei until March 25 using Airbus 319s, the report said.
The airline had applied to cancel the remaining flights, the CAA said.
The report quoted MAI as saying it wanted to suspend the service because of flight planning reasons, but the CAA said it was because of low passenger loads, CNA reported.
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It said the airline was offering refunds to passengers affected by the cancellations or making arrangements for them to travel on other airlines.
The suspension will leave China Airlines as the only carrier operating flights between Yangon and Taipei, with six return trips a week on Boeing 737-800s.
The report quoted the CAA as saying Myanmar National Airlines, the national flag carrier, had applied to offer flights on the same route from January 16 but was yet to launch the service.
