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Laos to restore air links with Myanmar

Lao Airlines will begin direct flights to Myanmar in October after a two-decade absence of air links between Vientiane and Yangon.

A Lao Airlines airplane is parked at the tarmac of Vientiane's airport in this file photo from 2011. The Lao national carrier will begin direct flights to Myanmar in October after a two-decade absence of air links between Vientiane and Yangon. (Reuters)

Re-establishing an air link between the two capitals would open doors for investors and tourists, Saleum Tayarathm, director of Lao Airlines' Commercial Department, told the Vientiane Times.

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