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Cambodian carriers resume flights to Thailand from November

Measures to ease travel restrictions and recover socio-economic activities by the Cambodian Government have prompted some local airlines to hasten the resumption of regular commercial flights to Bangkok, Thailand in November.
Cambodian carriers resume flights to Thailand from November ảnh 1Sihanouk International Airport. (Photo: VNA)

PhnomPenh (VNA) – Measures to ease travel restrictions and recover socio-economic activities by the Cambodian Government have prompted some local airlines to hasten the resumption of regular commercial flights to Bangkok, Thailand in November.

Cambodia and Thailand have announced the resumption offlights to fully reopen their economies after being seriously affected bythe COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years.

Thailandrevealed on October 21 that fully vaccinated Cambodian tourists would beallowed to travel to the country without quarantine since November 1.

Meanwhile, twoCambodia airlines namely Lan Mei Airlines and Cambodia Airways announced thatthey will restart flights between Phnom Penh and Bangkok from November 13 andNovember 17, respectively.

There will betwo flights a week on the route operated by Lan Mei Airlines, on Tuesdays andFridays. Meanwhile, CambodiaAirways will launch its first flight starting from the Water Festival.

In related news, the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) of Cambodia and the Agence Française deDéveloppement (AFD ) onNovember 2 signed an agreement to provide technical assistance for the CivilAviation Capacity Building Project.

According to theSSCA, the project aims to strengthen control of the airport environment andwill include training for ground crews and airport medical teams and improvement of security measures in the airports./.

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