Cambodian Royal Khmer Airlines to Launch Daily Flights

Cambodian Royal Khmer Airlines to launch daily flights

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s Royal Khmer Airlines will launch daily flights between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, local newspapers reported on Saturday.

Royal Khmer Airlines started in April, but suspended operations about one month later citing skyrocketing international fuel prices.

The airline also plans to operate flights between Siem Reap and northeast province Ratanakiri in the future, and to import more aircraft, such as Boeing models 757 and 737, The Cambodia Daily quoted Paul Kamal, the firm’s general manager as saying. The airline now has a 110-seater Boeing 737-200.

Prices for flights on the airlines have not yet been set. The airline hopes its operation will bring more tourists to the country and ease up the shortage of flights.

An adviser to the airline who asked not to named said the firm is a joint operation between Cambodian investors, who own 61 percent, and shareholders from Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

Cambodia now has about 10 local airline companies but only about five are operating, according to Cambodia Sin Chew Daily.