Airfares have risen again in regions that are difficult to travel by road, according to local air ticket sales agencies.
Presently, air routes are mainly used to travel to the cities of Sittway, Myitkyina, Kawthoung, Kalay, and Khamti rather than land travel due to the difficulty of traveling by road, and air ticket prices have risen again in early 2025. The price of Sittway-Yangon flight tickets range from over 410,000 kyats to 550,000 kyats, depending on the airline and Yangon-Sittway flights’ range from 280,000 kyats to 350,000 kyats.

Due to the recent increase in fuel prices, Myanmar airlines have increased the airfares of all flights by 15,000 kyats more than before, according to local air ticket sales agencies. Travellers are of the opinion that as currently, most people travel by air, the air ticket prices may have increased depending on that situation.
Although Yangon-Myitkyina flight ticket prices were only 479,000 kyats in 2024, they have increased to 700,000 kyats early this year.

Yangon-Kawthoung flight tickets were only 750,000 kyats in 2024, but they are now up to 800,000 kyats. Mandalay-Khamti flight ticket prices were only about 200,000 kyats in previous years, but they are now over 460,000 kyats, according to local air ticket sales agencies.