Bangkok Airways is set to launch regular flights between Nay Pyi Taw and Bangkok on September 30, making it the first foreign airliner to take off from Nay Pyi Taw International Airport.
Currently, only state-owned Myanmar Airways uses Nay Pyi Taw Airport for regular flights between Yangon and the administrative capital of Myanmar. Other international and local private carriers have yet to begin regular flight service at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, although low-cost carrier Air Asia will begin flights between Nay Pyi Taw and Bangkok next month.
Air Asia is planning to fly three times a week between Nay Pyi Taw and Bangkok from October 28 through November 15, and to fly daily between the two capitals after that.
Nay Pyi Taw International Airport was built by Pioneer Aerodrome Company, a subsidiary of Myanmar conglomerate Asia World, and officially opened on December 19, 2011. Construction of the airport began in 2009 after Myanmar entered a loan agreement with China on a buyer credit system. The airport building alone cost US$235.181 million.
source: Eleven Myanmar
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3496-bangkok-airways-to-fly-nay-pyi-taw-bangkok-as-of-september-30
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