"YANGON: Some domestic airlines in the country will be resuming operations by the end of this month. Reports in the Myanmar Times said Air Thanlwin, which was temporarily suspended in April to curb the spread of Covid-19, would resume operations tomorrow. The airline will resume flights with routes based in Yangon and Mandalay flying to Sittwe, Tachileik, Myitkyina, Kengtung, Heho and Hkamti. Myanmar National Airlines and Air KBZ had resumed domestic flights since early May. Golden Myanmar Airlines, which suspended operations until May 15, resumed domestic flights the next day on May 16, to some destinations flown by majority of travellers. Mann Yadanarpon Airlines restarted its domestic flights on May 22, but only between Yangon and Sittwe. Currently, Myanmar has suspended international flights until the end of May, and domestic flights have been reduced depending on the availability of passengers. The Civil Aviation Department extended a ban on international commercial air traffic until the end of this month on May 14 to curb the spread of Covid-19. Some international airlines flying to Myanmar have announced plans to resume some flights in early June. The ban, first introduced on March 30 and extended by decrees since then, was extended from May 15 to May 31, according to a memo to airlines from the Civil Aviation Department and signed by its director-general, U Aung Kyaw Tun..."