Cambodian carrier takes on Bangkok Airways
Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) is set to schedule flights from Siem Reap to Bangkok this year, bringing competition to a route presently flown by only one carrier – Bangkok Airways.
After acquiring two new Airbus aircraft, which are set to arrive in the middle of this year, Cambodia Angkor Air will use the planes to service the Thai capital along with two other destinations, Seoul and Singapore.
CAA is 51 percent government owned, with 49 percent held by Vietnam Airlines.
Ang Kim Eang, president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents, told the Phnom Penh Post he welcomed the new flights, adding that competition would likely lower fares on the Siem Reap to Bangkok route.
Through the private sector working groups “we have been asking [Bangkok Airways] to consider the airfare between Siem Reap and Bangkok, but have not been so successful,” he said.
“Competition will be better than negotiations.â€
Ian Jarrett
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