Direct flights to Japan coming

2 July 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Airports and air travel / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Foreign investors / Government / Industries / Infrastructure / International relations / Investment / Tourism / Transport and shipping / Transport and shipping policy and administration / Transport infrastructure and facilities
Ang Kim Eang / Asia Atlantic Airlines / Boeing 767 aircraft / Cambodia Association of Travel Agents / CATA / Fumio Kishida / Japanese aid / Khek Norinda / Narita International Airport / Phnom Penh International Airport / Secretariat of Civil Aviation / Thailand / Tokyo

Asia Atlantic Airlines, a Thai airline owned in part by Japanese tourism firm HIS Co, will launch scheduled flights between Cambodia and Japan this September, according a statement published by the airline on June 26. As of September 2, Asia Atlantic will run three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays aboard a Boeing 767 aircraft between Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and Phnom Penh. Starting October, the firm will also run direct flights to and from Siem Reap every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. … Asia Atlantic’s new services take the total number of airline’s flying into Cambodia’s airports to 24. Cambodia’s two main international airports, in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, commenced a $100 million redevelopment in January in order to house the country’s rapidly increasing tourism trade. …

 Annie Lee
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