State owned Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) and Myanma Airways International (MAI) are planning to resume relief and special flights for Myanmar citizens stranded overseas, according to the airlines.
The National-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVDI-19 announced on February 2 that they will continue to evacuate its citizens stranded in overseas countries using relief flights and vessels.
Some Myanmar citizens in foreign countries are in difficulty as the relief flights can bring back a limited number of people.
It said Myanmar citizens living in other countries are better to come back to Myanmar in COVID-19 pandemic period instead of living in other countries.
It said they will arrange more relief flights and vessels to bring back more Myanmar citizens, who are working in other countries illegally and officially, in line with rules and regulations.
The MNA announced it will resume relief flights on February 4. It is planning to run BKK-YGN relief flight on February 12 for the passengers going to Thailand and passengers who want to return home.
The Myanmar embassy in Seoul is arranging a relief flight once a week to evacuate Myanmar citizens waiting to return home. The relief flight from Seoul to Yangon was suspended on February 2 as Yangon International Airport was closed temporarily. The embassy announced it will resume the relief flight once a week starting from February 5. One special flight will be arranged on February 6 to replace a relief flight which was planned to fly on February 2.
