Although after many years of international sanctions and isolation, Myanmar is gradually open up to the outside world, traveling there that demands a visa application within a certain time period, with necessitates including a relative quantity of cash to pay for expenses, and not all parts of the country open for tourism, and somewhat restricted for foreigners’ movements, still feels like a bit of a regression travel experience. Travel Indochina
Domestic flight in Myanmar – source: visasmyanmar.com
No matter what your mode of transport within Burma is, flights are often the most popular selection for backpackers here as the big 4 (Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay and Lake Inle) normally have a full day’s overland travel apart from each other.
All of the 4 domestic carriers do not have a fully operational website. Online bookings AND are also not available. And it may be surprising to know that if booking the flights through your hostel or any travel agencies, you can get cheaper tickets.
Depending on your destination, the flights prices range from $55 to $90 each flight and do not waste your time bargain hunting as there is no chance of any discount tickets here! So do not balk at their figures that your hostel tells you as they are not telling lie! So take the bus or pay their price if you agree with it. Tours in Myanmar
Getting ticket from your hostel is even cheaper – source: world-adventurer.com
You will have to purchase your ticket from one of these small carriers, if you want to fly from Yangon to another city like Bagan or Mandalay, as only domestic airlines operate within the country. More terrible, if you do not get acquaintance already in the country arrange the tickets in advance, you may be have to wait for a long time until you reach there and buy your airline ticket from a tour operator or a travel agency. And you should budget for the tickets and bring enough money you need with you as you almost always have to get tickets in cash.
Chances are, you will follow a specific route, if you are coming to Myanmar as a tourist and having intention of flying. Nowadays, Myanmar has six small domestic airlines, some of which belong to government insiders while other are less closely attached with the government. All of them depart right around the same time and fly a somewhat determined circuit each day from Yangon to Bagan to Mandalay to Heho (Inle Lake) and coming back to Yangon. This is the reason why you will likely meet some of the same visitors in each destination and it is more like a shuttle service than a novel airline trip.
A printed ticket – source: thepointsguy.com
When it comes to domestic airline tickets for flying to/from Mandalay, Yangon, Mandalay, Inle Lake and Bagan, as with most else in Myanmar, once arriving, you will likely have to pay by cash. It is inconvenient that if you accept payment by using a credit card, you will get a 7% surcharge. This means that during your trip you could carry less in cash with you.
Although after many years of international sanctions and isolation, Myanmar is gradually open up to the outside world, traveling there that demands a visa application within a certain time period, with necessitates including a relative quantity of cash to pay for expenses, and not all parts of the country open for tourism, and somewhat restricted for foreigners’ movements, still feels like a bit of a regression travel experience.
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