Cambodia Airways, a locally owned airline with $200 million paid-up capital, will launch operations in the next few weeks, operating local and international routes, particularly to destinations in China, according to a representative of the Secretariat of State Civil Aviation. Cambodia Airways Co., Ltd. is wholly owned by Prince International Airlines, a Cambodian company.

 

The airline is now waiting to receive its air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the government to begin flying, said Sinn Chansereyvutha, spokesman for SSCA. “They are in the process of securing the AOC, which they should receive in the first week of July. If all goes as planned, they should start flying in July or August,” he said.

 

In August last year, the airline received initial approval by the Council for the Development of Cambodia and in September it obtained its certification of incorporation from the Ministry of Commerce. “Their main routes will be to China,” Mr Chansereyvutha said. “The government is keen on promoting the creation of local airlines flying to China because their goal is to attract more Chines tourists and investment.”

 

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I hope it has bullet-proof tyres.

Great, send more Chinese tourists to Cambodia, less here in normally peaceful Chiang Mai