Tourism
Tourism
Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw int'l airport put into operation
Source: Xinhua
Time: 2011-Dec-19 16:22
Email

NAY PYI TAW, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A new international airport in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw was put into operation Monday in a bid to ensure accommodation of sharp increase of travelers from across the world in the years ahead.

Located 16 kilometers south of Nay Pyi Taw and next to the old Ayelar Airport in the new capital, the opening of the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport took place ceremonially and was attended by Myanmar Vice-President Sai Mauk Kham and visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo who is in Nay Pyi Taw to attend the 4th Summit of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion-Economic Cooperation (GMS)which is to kick off Tuesday.

The commission into service of the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport was also arranged ahead of some other international events such as Southeast Asian Games and ASEAN summit to be hosted by Myanmar in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Built since 2009 through Sino-Myanmar companies' cooperation, the airport,which covers a terminal floor area of 1.2 million square feet (111,480 square meters) and has a runway of 3.6km long, will be able to handle 20 million passengers per annum on full completion.

The project involved a credit of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars financial aid extended by the China Export-Import Bank and supply of construction equipment from the China Machinery Engineering Corporation and China Harbour Engineering Company.

The Nay Pyi Taw international airport is the third international airport of its kind in Myanmar after Yangon's and Mandalay's.

Editor:Xu Rui
Related News