New Flights to Target Beach Tourists

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Khmer Times/May Kunmakara

National airline Cambodia Angkor Air will officially start regular flights between Sihanoukville and Ho Chi Minh City on June 17 in response to the increase in tourists wanting to use the route. According to media in Vietnam, there will be five flights per week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, using ATR-72 aircraft.

Flights will leave from Sihanoukville at 12:40 and from Ho Chi Minh City at 14:50 (local time) and the flight time is one hour. “This is the second international route by Cambodia Angkor Air launched in 2016. Previously, the airline opened routes from Phnom Penh to Seoul, South Korea, on April 17,” the airline said, adding that it will expand flights to 10 international routes and two domestic routes.

“On the occasion of opening new routes, Cambodia Angkor Air will implement preferential prices for round trips from Sihanoukville to Ho Chi Minh. The price does not include taxes, fees and surcharges,” it said. Lav Heng, the owner of LVK Royal Tourism, one of the leading travel agents and tour operators in Cambodia, welcomed the new route by the airline, which has in the past said it intended to open.

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