DCA spokesperson Than Min said the new operators planned to make Mandalay Airport an international flight centre for Southeast Asia. The local company is Yoma Strategic Holdings and its Japanese partners are Mitsubishi Corporation and Jalux Incorporated.
A statement released by Mitsubishi at the beginning of this week confirmed the new partnership. The DCA said the three companies had founded a new firm specifically to administer Mandalay Airport and that it had been christened MC-Jalux Airport Services.
The DCA’s Than Min said that MC-Jalux had the remit of expanding the airport and making it the destination and transit point of choice for international travellers. The new contract is part of an initiative by the DCA to improve the passenger experience at national airports and Than Min said the department was also looking at privatising facilities at other airports.
Mandalay Airport sees around 750,000 passengers a year at present, a figure far below its maximum annual capacity of three million. It has routes from more than 10 domestic Myanmese airports, but only four international ones.
Private consortium to run Mandalay Airport
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Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has announced a new consortium will take over Mandalay Airport. Two Japanese companies have joined forces with a local company to operate the second largest airport in the country for the next 30 years.