Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
areas so make thorough inquiries before you set out. You're likely to have much greater
success in visiting newly accessible areas if you're in the company of a Burmese speaker.
Some restrictions still apply to the following destinations. With permission and a guide
from Myanmar Travels & Tours (MTT), which may take up to two months to secure, you
may gain access to some of them:
Chin State
: Tiddim, Ton Zang, Falam, Tlangtlang and Hakka
Kachin State
: Hpakant, Putao, Machanbaw, Mansi, Momauk and Waingmaw
Kayah State
: Demoso and Hpruso
Kayin State
: Kawkareik and Hlaingbwe
Mandalay Region
: Mogok
Air
Myanmar's domestic air service features a handful of overworked planes that have busy
days, sometimes landing at an airport, leaving the engine on, unloading and loading, and
taking off in 20 minutes! This doesn't yield a spot-free safety record.
Between the main destinations of Yangon, Mandalay, Heho (for Inle Lake), Nyaung U
(for Bagan) and Thandwe (for Ngapali Beach), you'll find daily connections. In many other
places, there are spotless, largely unused airports serving, well, no flights other than visit-
ing dignitaries on occasion.
As with international flights, domestic flights involve immigration and customs checks.
Airport Codes
Many posted flight schedules around the country only use domestic airport codes, shown
in the following table.
AIRPORT
CODE
Bhamo
BMO
Dawei
TVY
Heho (Inle Lake)
HEH
Homalin
HOX
Kalaymyo
KMV
Kawthoung
KAW
Kengtung
KET
