PhnomPenhPost-Mar 14, 2023
At least 13 airlines currently operate flights between Cambodia’s three international airports and China, and the civil aviation regulator is eager to authorize additional interested carriers, as the government targets one million mainland Chinese visitors to the Kingdom for 2023.
State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha told The Post on March 13 that among the 13 are five local airlines: Cambodia Airways, JC Airlines, Lanmei Airlines, Sky Angkor Airlines, and national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air.
Seven Chinese airlines fly to and from Phnom Penh: national flag carrier Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Spring Airlines, XiamenAir and China Eastern Airlines – the last of which also flies to and from Siem Reap. Cambodia Airways recently announced a new route linking Phnom Penh and Beijing, with thrice-weekly flights starting on March 27, with the frequency set to increase to five a week from April 17. On January 2, six days before Beijing’s reopening to outbound tourism, Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that Cambodia would not follow in the footsteps of other countries in imposing further restrictions on Covid-19 on the arrival of mainland Chinese. Instead, the premier presented Beijing’s move as a chance to bring in around “two million” mainland Chinese visitors this year, taking advantage of pent-up and growing travel demand. Read more at:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aviation-regulator-looking-add-more-china-route-carriers
