Air France ceases direct Cambodia services
It was a major event for Cambodia. Some 35 years after flying for the last time with a Boeing 707 from Phnom Penh to Paris, French national carrier Air France-KLM was back to the Cambodian capital. The flight was first operated with an Airbus A340-300, equipped with 275 seats and then with a brand new Boeing 777-200 equipped with 309 seats. This was not a non-stop service as Air France made by then a short stop-over in Bangkok. However, passengers’ traffic never matched Air France expectation. Less than 50 passengers were flying on the thrice-weekly service to Phnom Penh. Air France altered the service in early 2012 by rerouting the flight through Ho Chi Minh City. But it did not change any of the economic paradigms: the Paris-Phnom Penh route remained unprofitable. …
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