Air travel is the most efficient way of moving within Myanmar and the only permissable means of transport for independent travellers, but there is a rather limited schedule of flights. Air Mandalay and Air Yangon operate internal flights.
Internal security can restrict ease of movement.
There are over 60 airstrips in the country. Trips can only be arranged as part of an organised tour group. It is generally necessary to provide one's own food. Overnight trains have sleeping cars. First class is available but, with the exception of the Yangon to Mandalay line, services are regularly afflicted with delays caused by climatic, technical and bureaucratic difficulties.