Cambodia Angkor Air says its business operations are optimistic (Photo:https://www.khmertimeskh.com/)Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s national flagcarrier Cambodia Angkor Air announced on July 28 that its business operationsare optimistic and it has well prepared to strengthen domestic flights and expandinternational ones when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.
The Khmer Times quoted Chairman of Cambodia Angkor Air Tekreth Samrach as saying that in2009, Cambodia Angkor Air was the only airline in Cambodia that served bothnational and international customers.
By theend of 2019, the firm expanded its flight routes domestically andinternationally to China’s Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Haikou;and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
Norinda Khek, communication and publicrelations director of Cambodia Airports – whichmanages three international airports in the country – said the three airports handled 410 inbound andoutbound flights in the first three weeks of July, with nearly 85 percent of themfrom and to Phnom Penh International Airport, down 95 percent compared to thesame period last year.
Minister incharge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) of Cambodia Mao Havannall recentlysaid that the number of air passengers to Cambodia increased after thegovernment lifted the ban on entry for citizens from six countries, includingIran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the US in June 2020.
According to Havannall, in the last two months, the number of visitorsto Phnom Penh International Airport has increased to about 1,000 per day, fromonly 160 per day in April and May.
However, from August 1, Cambodia will suspend flights from Indonesia andMalaysia until the disease is controlled in the two Southeast Asian nations, headded.
The Cambodian Ministry of Health on the same day reported one more COVID-19case, lifting the total number of infections in the country to 226./.
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