CAA is likely to break Bangkok Airways monopoly in Siem Reap
January 26, 2011
PHNOM PENH (eTN) – It was a funny coincidence. During the last ATF in Phnom Penh, official lunches hosted for buyers’ media were offered by two regional carriers: Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA), Cambodia’s newly-established national carrier, and Bangkok Airways, a pioneer of air transport in the kingdom. Thailand’s regional private carrier was the first to launch flights in the early nineties from Bangkok to Phnom Penh and then Siem Reap/Angkor.
Similar presentations, similar entertainment programs were on the menu of both carriers. A way maybe to seduce travel professionals as both carriers are soon to compete on one of Asia’s most desirable routes: Bangkok-Siem Reap. In 1997, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared that traffic rights on this route were only given to a Cambodian carrier and Bangkok Airways. Since then, Cambodia Civil Aviation systematically rejected demands from other Thai air
Cambodia s aviation sector operating on a wing and a prayer
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Cambodia s aviation sector operating on a wing and a prayer
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