airline review: asian wings airways

Asian Wings.

Although a few international and regional airlines fly into Yangon and/or Mandalay, many (if not all) do not fly domestic routes. Instead, it appears that local airlines dominate those routes. Asian Wings is one of them.

I flew Asian Wings between Yangon and Bagan - a short hour or so flight - and thought it was harmless enough.

Booking

First, I booked the flight through another airline with a code share with Asian Wings. I booked and paid online and received confirmation fairly quickly.

Check - in

The check in process was fairly chaotic, as detailed HERE. It was also quirky in that check in was done in person with no option whatsoever for online checkin. For more quirks, please check out my previous post HERE.

The Flight

We boarded from the back of the plane and deplaned the same way. So, if you want to get off the plane, sit in the back.

The plane was small but clean. The seats were also smaller than US airlines. So, taller folks might have some issues. But, for shorter folks, it should be somewhat comfortable. There was no in flight entertainment or anything like that but for such a short flight, it did not really make a difference. One thing I did not really like was that the windows were too scratched up and it was difficult to take pictures from the window seat. A shame, really, because there were some pretty nice views especially when we were getting in to Bagan.

The window of Asian Wings.

The flight attendants were well dressed in their uniforms and were friendly. I believe they all spoke English with varying degrees of proficiency.

Asian Wings did provide in flight snacks (included in the fare price, which was not cheap). They were not great (the sandwiches were dry and sparing) but I appreciated a bit of a bite to quell my gnawing hunger.

Asian Wings Snacks.

Asian Wings Sandwich.

Verdict

Overall, I had an okay experience with Asian Wings. It got me from point A to point B and back without much problems.

Have you flown with other domestic airlines in Myanmar?