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Air Bagan
အဲပုဂံ
Founded	June 2004
Ceased operations	August 2018
Operating bases	Yangon International Airport; Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Royal Lotus Plus
Fleet size	4
Destinations	20
Parent company	Htoo Trading Co. Ltd
Headquarters	Yangon, Myanmar
Key people	Tay Za (Founder); Htoo Thet Htwe (Chairman)
Website	www.airbagan.com

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Air Bagan Limited (Burmese: အဲပုဂံ) was^[2] an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar.^[4] It operated domestic scheduled services within Myanmar, as well as to Thailand. Its main bases were Yangon International Airport and Mandalay International Airport.^[5]

History

The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It was owned by Htoo Trading Co. Ltd. Its first international service was flown from Yangon to Bangkok on 15 May 2007,^[5] and the second to Singapore from 7 September 2007.^[6] Air Bagan was listed as a Specially Designated National by the United States Department of the Treasury for its association with the Government of Myanmar, meaning U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with the airline by U.S. sanctions against the government of Myanmar.^[7]

When Cyclone Nargis struck Lower Myanmar in May 2008, the Burmese government gave Air Bagan and its parent company, Htoo Trading Co. Ltd responsibility to reconstruct the badly devastated town of Bogale in the Ayeyarwady Delta.^[8]

In August 2015 Air Bagan announced that it suspended all flights. All flights were then operated by its code-sharing partner Asian Wings, which is also owned by the Htoo Trading Co. Ltd.

The airline ceased operations again and handed back its licence to the authorities in August 2018.^[2]

Destinations

Air Bagan served the following destinations:^[9]

Myanmar
- Ayeyarwady Region
  - Pathein - Pathein Airport
- Kachin State
  - Myitkyina - Myitkyina Airport
  - Putao - Putao Airport
- Mandalay Region
  - Bagan - Nyaung U Airport
  - Mandalay - Mandalay International Airport Base
  - Naypyidaw - Naypyidaw International Airport
- Rakhine State
  - Sittwe - Sittwe Airport
  - Thandwe - Thandwe Airport
- Sagaing Region
  - Kalaymyo - Kalaymyo Airport
- Shan State
  - Heho - Heho Airport
  - Kengtung - Kengtung Airport
  - Lashio - Lashio Airport
  - Tachileik - Tachilek Airport
- Tanintharyi Region
  - Dawei - Dawei Airport
  - Kawthaung - Kawthaung Airport
- Yangon Region
  - Yangon - Yangon International Airport
Thailand
- - Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai International Airport

Fleet

As of 17 November 2021, Air Bagan's fleet included the following aircraft:^[10]

Air Bagan fleet
Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders
ATR 42-320	1	–
ATR 72-500	3	–
Total	4	–

Accidents and incidents

On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at Putao Airport injuring two people.^[11]
On 25 December 2012, Air Bagan Flight 11 a Fokker 100 registered XY-AGC, crash-landed near Heho Airport, killing one on board, one on the ground and injuring eleven.^[12] Among the injured was the well-known meditation teacher Allan Lokos, who was severely burned during his escape from the crashed aircraft.^[13]

References

^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c aerotelegraph.com - Airlines dying in Burma 9 August 2018
^ ^a ^b Shutao, Song (15 May 2007). "Burma private airline launches first international". Xinhua Online. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009.
^ "Contact Us Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 53.
^ ""Myanmar's Air Bagan launches S'pore service", AsiaOne Travel, 7 September 2007". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
^ "SDN List by Country". treasury.gov. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "Nargis Cyclone Air Bagan's Humanitarian Work". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
^ "Air Bagan International and Domestic Route Map". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^ "About Us | Air Bagan". www.airbagan.com.
^ KNG (20 February 2008). "Air Bagan's ATR aircraft crashes in Putao; no casualties". Burma Campaign Australia. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "Airliner makes emergency landing on Myanmar road" AP. Retrieved: 25 December 2012.
^ Allan Lokos, Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination (TarcherPerigee, 2015)

External links

Media related to Air Bagan at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in English)
Photos by Airliners.net

[iata-1] "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[shutdown-2] rotelegraph.com - Airlines dying in Burma 9 August 2018

[Xinhua-3] Shutao, Song (15 May 2007). "Burma private airline launches first international". Xinhua Online. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009.

[4] "Contact Us Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009.

[FI-5] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 53.

[6] ""Myanmar's Air Bagan launches S'pore service", AsiaOne Travel, 7 September 2007". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

[7] "SDN List by Country". treasury.gov. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[8] "Nargis Cyclone Air Bagan's Humanitarian Work". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.

[9] "Air Bagan International and Domestic Route Map". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.

[10] "About Us | Air Bagan". www.airbagan.com.

[11] KNG (20 February 2008). "Air Bagan's ATR aircraft crashes in Putao; no casualties". Burma Campaign Australia. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[AP-12] "Airliner makes emergency landing on Myanmar road" AP. Retrieved: 25 December 2012.

[13] Allan Lokos, Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination (TarcherPerigee, 2015)

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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+{{Infobox airline
-|airline        = Air Bagan<BR><small>အဲပုဂံ</small>
+|airline        = Air Bagan<br /><small>အဲပုဂံ</small>
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 |callsign       = AIR BAGAN
 |parent         = [[Htoo Group of Companies|Htoo Trading Co. Ltd]]<ref name="Xinhua"/>
+|founded        = June 2004
-|company_slogan = Treasure of Myanmar
-|founded        = 2004
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-|headquarters   = [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]
+|headquarters   = [[Yangon, Myanmar]]
 |key_people     = [[Tay Za]] (Founder)<ref name="Xinhua">{{cite web
   | last = Shutao
   | first = Song
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-  | coauthors =
   | title = Burma private airline launches first international
-  | work =
   | publisher = Xinhua Online
-  | date = 2007-05-15
+  | date = 15 May 2007
-  | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6101583.htm
+  | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6101583.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090726130911/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6101583.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 26 July 2009}}</ref><br /> Htoo Thet Htwe ([[Chairman]])
+|bases          = [[Yangon International Airport]]<br />[[Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport]]
-  | doi =
-  | accessdate = 2007-05-19 }}</ref><br> Htoo Thet Htwe ([[Chairman]])
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 |frequent_flyer = Royal Lotus Plus
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-|website        = [http://www.airbagan.com/ airbagan.com]|
+|website        = {{url|www.airbagan.com}}
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-'''Air Bagan Limited''' ({{lang-my|အဲပုဂံ}}) was<ref name="shutdown"/> an [[airline]] headquartered in [[Bahan Township]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]].<ref>"[http://www.airbagan.com/contact-us.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003154322/http://www.airbagan.com/contact-us.htm |date=3 October 2009 }}." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009.</ref> It operated domestic scheduled services to 15 towns and cities, as well as to [[Thailand]]. Its main bases were [[Yangon International Airport]] and [[Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 53 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>
+'''Air Bagan Limited''' ({{langx|my|အဲပုဂံ}}) was<ref name="shutdown"/> an [[airline]] headquartered in [[Bahan Township]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]].<ref>"[http://www.airbagan.com/contact-us.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003154322/http://www.airbagan.com/contact-us.htm |date=3 October 2009 }}." Air Bagan. Retrieved on 10 October 2009.</ref> It operated domestic scheduled services within [[Myanmar]], as well as to [[Thailand]]. Its main bases were [[Yangon International Airport]] and [[Mandalay International Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 53 | date= 27 March 2007}}</ref>
 == History ==
-The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It was owned by [[Htoo Group of Companies|Htoo Trading Co. Ltd]]. Its first international service was flown from Yangon to [[Bangkok]] on 15 May 2007,<ref name="FI"/> and the second to [[Singapore]] from 7 September 2007.<ref>[http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20070907-24600.html "Myanmar's Air Bagan launches S'pore service", ''AsiaOne Travel'', 7 September 2007]</ref> Air Bagan was listed as a Specially Designated National by the United States Department of the Treasury for its association with the Government of Myanmar, meaning U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with the airline by U.S. sanctions against the government of Myanmar.<ref>http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/ctrylst.txt</ref>
+The airline was established in June 2004 and started operations on 15 November 2004. It was owned by [[Htoo Group of Companies|Htoo Trading Co. Ltd]]. Its first international service was flown from Yangon to [[Bangkok]] on 15 May 2007,<ref name="FI"/> and the second to [[Singapore]] from 7 September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20070907-24600.html|title="Myanmar's Air Bagan launches S'pore service", ''AsiaOne Travel'', 7 September 2007|access-date=7 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224840/http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20070907-24600.html|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Air Bagan was listed as a Specially Designated National by the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] for its association with the Government of Myanmar, meaning U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with the airline by U.S. sanctions against the government of Myanmar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/ctrylst.txt|title=SDN List by Country|website=treasury.gov|access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref>
-When [[Cyclone Nargis]] struck Lower Myanmar in May 2008, the Burmese government gave Air Bagan and its parent company, Htoo Trading Co. Ltd responsibility to reconstruct the badly devastated town of [[Bogale]] in the [[Ayeyarwady Region|Ayeyarwaddy Delta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airbagan.com/cyclone_nargis.htm |title=Nargis Cyclone Air Bagan's Humanitarian Work |access-date=2 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013000633/http://airbagan.com/cyclone_nargis.htm |archive-date=13 October 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+When [[Cyclone Nargis]] struck Lower Myanmar in May 2008, the Burmese government gave Air Bagan and its parent company, Htoo Trading Co. Ltd responsibility to reconstruct the badly devastated town of [[Bogale]] in the [[Ayeyarwady Region|Ayeyarwady Delta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airbagan.com/cyclone_nargis.htm |title=Nargis Cyclone Air Bagan's Humanitarian Work |access-date=2 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013000633/http://airbagan.com/cyclone_nargis.htm |archive-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
-In August 2015 Air Bagan announced that it suspended all flights. All flights were then operated by its code-sharing partner Asian Wings; which is also owned by the [[Htoo Group of Companies|Htoo Trading Co. Ltd]].
+In August 2015 Air Bagan announced that it suspended all flights. All flights were then operated by its code-sharing partner Asian Wings, which is also owned by the [[Htoo Group of Companies|Htoo Trading Co. Ltd]].
 The airline ceased operations again and handed back its licence to the authorities in August 2018.<ref name="shutdown">[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airline-sterben-in-burma aerotelegraph.com - Airlines dying in Burma] 9 August 2018</ref>
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 [[File:Air Bagan Airbus A310-200 MRD-1.jpg|thumb|A now retired Air Bagan [[Airbus A310|Airbus A310-200]]]]
 [[File:Air Bagan Fokker 100 MRD-2.jpg|thumb|A now retired Air Bagan [[Fokker 100]]]]
-Air Bagan served the following destinations:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airbagan.com/route-map.htm |title=Air Bagan International and Domestic Route Map |access-date=21 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908192633/http://www.airbagan.com/route-map.htm |archive-date=8 September 2009 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+Air Bagan served the following destinations:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airbagan.com/route-map.htm |title=Air Bagan International and Domestic Route Map |access-date=21 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908192633/http://www.airbagan.com/route-map.htm |archive-date=8 September 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
-*'''Myanmar
+*'''Myanmar'''
 **'''[[Ayeyarwady Region]]'''
 ***[[Pathein]] - [[Pathein Airport]]
 **'''[[Kachin State]]'''
 ***[[Myitkyina]] - [[Myitkyina Airport]]
-***[[Putao]] - [[Putao Airport]]
+***[[Putao District|Putao]] - [[Putao Airport]]
 **'''[[Mandalay Region]]'''
 ***[[Bagan]] - [[Nyaung U Airport]]
@@ Line 74: / Line 68: @@
 **'''[[Yangon Region]]'''
 ***[[Yangon]] - [[Yangon International Airport]]
-*'''Thailand
+*'''Thailand'''
 ***[[Chiang Mai]] - [[Chiang Mai International Airport]]
 == Fleet ==
-As of 1 September 2016, Air Bagan's fleet includes the following aircraft:<ref>http://www.airbagan.com/about-us.html#aircraft</ref>
+As of 17 November 2021, Air Bagan's fleet included the following aircraft:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airbagan.com/about-us.html#aircraft|title=About Us &#124; Air Bagan|website=www.airbagan.com}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin:auto;"
-<center>
-{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center"
 |+ Air Bagan fleet
 ! width="100pt" | Aircraft
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 ! Notes
 |-
-|[[ATR 42|ATR 42-320]]
+| [[ATR 42|ATR 42-320]]
+| 1
-|align="center"|1
+| –
-|align="center"|0
 |
 |-
-|[[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]]
+| [[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]]
+| 3
-|align="center"|3
+| –
-|align="center"|0
 |
 |-
+! Total
-|-
+! 4
-!Total
+! –
-!4
-!0
 !
 |}
-</center>
 ==Accidents and incidents==
-*On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at [[Putao Airport]] injuring two people.<ref>{{cite news|last=KNG |title=Air Bagan's ATR aircraft crashes in Putao; no casualties |url=http://www.aucampaignforburma.org/announcements/air-bagans-atr-aircraft-crashes-in-putao-no-casualties |accessdate=10 June 2013 |newspaper=Burma Campaign Australia |date=20 February 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403233911/http://www.aucampaignforburma.org/announcements/air-bagans-atr-aircraft-crashes-in-putao-no-casualties |archivedate=3 April 2012 }}</ref>
+*On 19 February 2008, an Air Bagan ATR 72 overran the runway at [[Putao Airport]] injuring two people.<ref>{{cite news|last=KNG |title=Air Bagan's ATR aircraft crashes in Putao; no casualties |url=http://www.aucampaignforburma.org/announcements/air-bagans-atr-aircraft-crashes-in-putao-no-casualties |accessdate=10 June 2013 |newspaper=Burma Campaign Australia |date=20 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403233911/http://www.aucampaignforburma.org/announcements/air-bagans-atr-aircraft-crashes-in-putao-no-casualties |archivedate=3 April 2012 }}</ref>
 *On 25 December 2012, [[Air Bagan Flight 11]] a [[Fokker 100]] registered XY-AGC, crash-landed near [[Heho Airport]], killing one on board, one on the ground and injuring eleven.<ref name=AP>[https://news.yahoo.com/airliner-makes-emergency-landing-myanmar-060213867.html "Airliner makes emergency landing on Myanmar road"] ''AP.'' Retrieved: 25 December 2012.</ref> Among the injured was the well-known meditation teacher [[Allan Lokos]], who was severely burned during his escape from the crashed aircraft.<ref>Allan Lokos, ''Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination'' (TarcherPerigee, 2015)</ref>
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 ==External links==
-{{Commons category inline|Air Bagan}}
+{{Commons category-inline|Air Bagan}}
-*[http://www.airbagan.com/ Official website] {{en icon}}
+*[http://www.airbagan.com/ Official website] {{in lang|en}}
 *[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Air+Bagan Photos by Airliners.net]
-{{Portalbar|Myanmar|Aviation}}
+{{Portalbar|Aviation}}
 {{Navbox Airlines of Burma}}
+[[Category:Defunct airlines of Myanmar]]
 [[Category:Airlines established in 2004]]
 [[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2018]]
+[[Category:2004 establishments in Myanmar]]
+[[Category:2018 disestablishments in Asia]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Yangon]]
+[[Category:Entities related to Myanmar sanctions]]

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