At least eight foreign airlines have planned to resume flights to Myanmar along with changes in the country following the country's landmark by-elections on April 1.

They are Japan's All Nippon Airways, Qatar Airways, Sri Lankan Airline, Bangladesh's Biman Airline, Hong Kong Express Airline, Pakistan International Airline, Korean Air and Chinese Taipei- based EVA Airline.

The Japanese All Nippon Airline will resume flight between Tokyo and Yangon in September after stopping for 12 years.

Using Boeing 737-700ER, the airline will operate the Narita- Yangon--Narita flight three times a week, and the charter flights of Tokyo-Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon-Hanoi-Tokyo will also be launched by using Boeing 767.

From 1996 to 2000, the airline operated direct flight between Osaka and Yangon three times a week. For the past 12 years, Japanese visitors had to travel to Myanmar via Bangkok or Singapore when the airline suspended its Yangon flight.

Qatar Airways, which had suspended its flight for nearly four years, will also resume flights between Yangon and Doha by Oct. 3, with three flights a week and the schedule will change to a daily service on Oct. 28, using A-319 and A-320 aircraft.

Qatar Airways signed a bilateral airways contract with Myanmar in 2004 to start operating Doha-Yangon-Doha flight four times a week starting January 2005 until it stopped its flight in January 2008.

Sri Lanka's Minhin Lanka Airline would extend its wing to Myanmar, coordinating with a Myanmar travel company for launching the direct flight service between Yangon and Colombo.

Bangladesh's Biman Airline has tried to re-establish direct air link to connect Yangon and Dhaka as travelers from Yangon visiting Dacca have to transit through Bangkok.

In fact, Myanmar and Bangladesh have been working to resume direct air link after Biman stopped its flight between Dhaka and Yangon before 2007 due to economic loss.

Negotiations were held over the resumption of the direct air link during visits to Myanmar by Bangladesh officials in 2011.

Concerning the Hong Kong Express, coordinations were made with Myanmar in October 2011 to re-launch direct flight to Yangon and a delegation of the Hong Kong Express was seeking international ticket sale agent in Myanmar for the move.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan International Airways once said in March 2001 that it would resume air link with Myanmar in November of the year after a halt for a decade and would fly between Karachi and Myanmar's Yangon and Manadalay to enhance trade between the two countries.

South Korean Air plans to launch a four-time-a-week service between Seoul and Yangon starting Sept. 3 this year, while flights between Yangon and the Filipino capital of Manila are expected to be launched before the end of this year.

Moreover, German leisure carrier Condor also plans to enter the Yangon market in November with a weekly service from Frankfurt to Yangon.

Furthermore, a Chinese Taipei airline -- EVA is also making preparations to resume direct flight between Taipei and Yangon on Oct. 9 after stopping for 11 years. EVA will operate Yangon-Taipei three times a week.

There are now 13 foreign airlines flying to Yangon, including Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Thai Airways International, Indian Airlines, Air Asia, Taiwan region's China Airlines, Silk Air, Malaysian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Jetstar Asia, and Vietnam Airlines.