All passenger flights in Myanmar shut down

-    A Monitor Desk Report Date: 01 February, 2021
All passenger flights in Myanmar shut down
Military check-post at one of the main roads of Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw following a military coup on February 1

​​​​​Dhaka: Myanmar's government agency in charge of air travel announced it has stopped all passenger flights in the country.

On the other hand, the US Embassy in Myanmar on Twitter said that “reports indicate that all airports in Myanmar are closed.”

The Embassy on its Facebook page said that the road to the international airport in Yangon, the country’s s biggest city, had been closed on February 1.

The decision of stopping all passenger flights comes after taking control of the country by Myanmar’s military in a coup and declaration of a state of emergency for next one year.

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