Second spell of Golden Myanmar Mandalay-Imphal Flight successful
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 25 2014:
After the epoch making first spell of Golden Myanmar's Mandalay-Imphal Flight during November 2013, the second spell of the Flight also became successful with the rousing response from the enthusiast tourists both from Myanmar and Manipur.
In the first flight of the 2nd spell, 64 Myanmar citizens landed at Imphal International Airport on November 21 last and 38 persons from Manipur visited Myanmar in its returned flight on the same day.
In the 2nd Flight of the 2nd spell, Shri Gautam Mukhopadhyay, Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and other 40 persons landed in Imphal International Airport and the same flight took 33 persons from Imphal including the India's Deputy Chief of Mission Shri Y K Sailas Thangal.
A member of the team who visited Myanmar in the first flight of the 2nd spell opined that such flight, if made in regular way, can bring a better relationship between the people of both sides culturally and economically.
M/S K.B Enterprises which play the key role in materializing this enterprising project informed that two Chief Ministers of Sagaing and Kachin will board the last flight of the 2nd spell from Mandalay to Imphal on November 30, 2014 .
It may be worth mentioning that Govt.of India has already granted International Airport status to Tulihal Airport, Imphal just before the Golden Myanmar's 1st spell last year.
The expansion work of the Imphal Airport is taking up in full swing to overcome the technical challenges.
The new global air route is a part of the bilateral air service agreement signed by India and Myanmar in 2012 .