phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:30 pm Air asia moto has been for a long time, "now everyone can fly"
i still disagree, the cost of a passport ( valid for 10 years) vs the cost of a vacation is so dam small>>>
just the flight to Bangkok is $100+ return and than add on hotel's, taxis, food etc etc.

Why would any Khmer own a passport unless they had the $$$ to use it?

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:22 pm

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:13 pm https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/ ... s-year-end

AirAsia plans to begin flights through its new Cambodian air operator’s certificate (AOC) by the end of 2023, subject to securing the two Airbus A320s that will initially operate from the capital Phnom Penh.

Dilhan Haradasa, AirAsia Group head of network and regulatory affairs, spoke about Cambodia operation plans on the sidelines of the Routes World conference. “We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap as well. It will be ASEAN region, and we will be concentrating on domestic as well,” he said.

Speaking about regional trends during an earlier panel discussion, Haradasa said, “I think India’s going to be the new global dominant aviation player coming up in the next five years. This year has changed a lot. India has become a growth market for Southeast Asia. We’ve also seen connecting markets, east connectivity contributing to our growth.”

In India and Australia, AirAsia is continuing to look at opportunities to expand routes to secondary airports that stand outside bilateral agreements. “We will continue to look at secondary ports that are outside the bilateral, which are allowable,” Haradasa said. “That’s the only way we can grow at the moment, so we’ll continue to explore that. China hasn’t bounced back as we expected so we’ll have to continue to look at India as a growth market.”

AirAsia is also looking for growth to secondary Australian airports—in particular, from Indonesia. “That doesn’t mean we don’t fly from Malaysia either,” he said. “But we want to try to minimize ultra-long-haul narrowbody flying because of the fuel issue.”

Haradasa said increased airport charges were an issue. “Especially in a low-cost market model, it’s becoming quite expensive. Now we have to be a lot more careful in our route selection,” Haradasa said. “Private airlines were not safeguarded during the pandemic. It’s very important we protect our cashflows.”

I haven't seen any news on this. The end of 2023 is nigh.
Similarly no news on the mooted reduction in passport fees, which I believe is essential for Air Asia's project in Cambodia.

We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap as well. It will be ASEAN region, and we will be concentrating on domestic as well,

Doc67 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 2:50 pm

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:22 pm

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:13 pm https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/ ... s-year-end

AirAsia plans to begin flights through its new Cambodian air operator’s certificate (AOC) by the end of 2023, subject to securing the two Airbus A320s that will initially operate from the capital Phnom Penh.

Dilhan Haradasa, AirAsia Group head of network and regulatory affairs, spoke about Cambodia operation plans on the sidelines of the Routes World conference. “We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap as well. It will be ASEAN region, and we will be concentrating on domestic as well,” he said.

Speaking about regional trends during an earlier panel discussion, Haradasa said, “I think India’s going to be the new global dominant aviation player coming up in the next five years. This year has changed a lot. India has become a growth market for Southeast Asia. We’ve also seen connecting markets, east connectivity contributing to our growth.”

In India and Australia, AirAsia is continuing to look at opportunities to expand routes to secondary airports that stand outside bilateral agreements. “We will continue to look at secondary ports that are outside the bilateral, which are allowable,” Haradasa said. “That’s the only way we can grow at the moment, so we’ll continue to explore that. China hasn’t bounced back as we expected so we’ll have to continue to look at India as a growth market.”

AirAsia is also looking for growth to secondary Australian airports—in particular, from Indonesia. “That doesn’t mean we don’t fly from Malaysia either,” he said. “But we want to try to minimize ultra-long-haul narrowbody flying because of the fuel issue.”

Haradasa said increased airport charges were an issue. “Especially in a low-cost market model, it’s becoming quite expensive. Now we have to be a lot more careful in our route selection,” Haradasa said. “Private airlines were not safeguarded during the pandemic. It’s very important we protect our cashflows.”

I haven't seen any news on this. The end of 2023 is nigh.
Similarly no news on the mooted reduction in passport fees, which I believe is essential for Air Asia's project in Cambodia.

We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap as well. It will be ASEAN region, and we will be concentrating on domestic as well,

Phnom Penh to where? What can we be looking forward to? Maybe Philippines? Vietnam? They both need decent connections. How about another crack at Penang or Phuket?

What domestic routes would they try? SNK is now well served by road and SAI is an hour from the city so you might as well get a taxi and save $100's for the couple of hours you will save, especially if you are paying for others to travel.

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:39 pm

rogerrabbit wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:05 pm
They're starting with flights from PP to BKK and to KL. Most likely connections to India and China will be launched next year as well. They could add Phuket, but probably not Penang anytime soon.

They're definitely planning a local flight from Sihanoukville to Siem Reap. Before COVID, many airlines did that route with good loads. Now, only Cambodia Angkor Air does it with a small plane. And even though tickets are pretty expensive, the flights are usually full.

Probably thats about it for the first year. They need more planes to have more connections than that.

Their plan was to operate 2 A320s out of PNH. PNH-DMK and PNH-KUL are already operating under the Thai and Malaysian parts of Air Asia, (and PNH-Jakarta under the Indonesian part).
Are you saying these will be transferred to the Cambodian part? Or additional?
I have seen nothing recently to confirm that the new Cambodian operation is actually going ahead.
Are tickets bookable for KOS-SAI? I can see that is the one domestic route that has commercial potential. But how does that work if the planes are based at PNH?

BTW, how do you know about the loadings on that route? AFAIK, no websites provide that info. It would be interesting to have those data for all flights.