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Cambodia Airways launches
July 13th 2018
Cambodia has a new airline – Cambodia Airways. Read More » The carrier launched operations on the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap domestic route with an A319 on Tuesday after securing its air operator’s license on July 6.
Cambodia Airways is dry-leasing a pair of 2009-vintage A319s from Doric Asset Finance.
On its website, the airline says it plans to have a fleet of “some 20 A320 aircraft by 2023” for scheduled and chartered flights to South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The carrier is also considering a pair of A330s for “intercontinental routes to Australia and Europe”.
This Saturday, Cambodia Airways will launch its second route, from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, followed by a Phnom Penh-Macau service from July 21.
The airline says it is “fully-owned by Prince International Airlines Company Limited”, a subsidiary of Prince Real Estate Group, which has specialized in doing deals with Mainland Chinese money. Cambodia Airways has a paid-up capital of US$200 million.
Cambodia’s skies are filling up quickly. A plethora of new carriers have either launched or declared their launch aspirations. Chinese-Cambodian joint venture KC International Airlines has started flying and so has Small Planet Airlines Cambodia. KC International is not to be confused with JC International Airlines, which also launched last year, focusing mainly on the Mainland market.
