AirAsia resumes popular flight route from KL to Yangon

SEPANG – After a two-year hiatus, AirAsia on Friday (Jun 3) resumed flights from Kuala Lumpur to Myanmar’s capital and the nation’s largest city – Yangon. 

The beautiful city of Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, is renowned for being home to some of the most sought-after precious stones and gem mines in the world, in addition to picturesque British colonial architecture and iconic pagodas. 

Riad Asmat, CEO of AirAsia Malaysia said on the occasion: “Today (Friday, Jun 3) we celebrate the resumption of flights to Yangon – one of AirAsia’s most popular routes in the Asean region – after two long years. AirAsia has been connecting both local and international travellers to Myanmar since 2018 and it was one of our most sought-after destinations until the pandemic. As travel restrictions gradually ease and normalcy slowly resumes, we look forward to once again connecting guests to Yangon and beyond.

“We have extensively prepared to ensure all of our guests can travel safely from an operational standpoint through the robust safety and health measures that we have put in place including our contactless check-in procedure via airasia Super App, FACES facial recognition and more. We would like to remind our guests to adhere to all SOPs set by the respective governments during their travels.”

To celebrate the resumption of long-awaited flight services to Myanmar, AirAsia will operate twice weekly return flights from Kuala Lumpur to Yangon on Mondays and Fridays with the best value airfares.

Kuala Lumpur → Yangon Flight Schedule

For entry into Malaysia, all international tourists and travellers are required to download and activate the MySejahtera app, complete the pre-departure form via the “Traveller” icon on the app and verify their digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate through “MySafe Travel”. For entry into Myanmar, only fully-vaccinated travellers are allowed to board commercial scheduled flights. Travellers are required to take a pre-departure and post-arrival COVID-19 test and fill out the Health Declaration Form upon arrival. If the results of the test are negative, travellers are allowed to go about their activities without quarantine. All travellers (with the exception of Myanmar nationals) are required to have COVID-19 insurance purchased from Myanma Insurance.