Cambodian Domestic Flights

[CEOCambodiaNews]

Cambodia Angkor Air Resumes Domestic Flights
AKP Phnom Penh, February 05, 2022 --

Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA), the national flag carrier, have announced the resumption of domestic flights between Phnom Penh capital and Siem Reap cultural province.

According to the CAA’s news release, on Feb. 4, the first resumed flight – ATR-72 – departed from Phnom Penh International Airport at 10:20 a.m. and took 45 minutes to reach Siem Reap International Airport at 11:05 a.m. All passengers on this first flight received a hat as souvenir from the company.

This flight operates twice a week, every Friday and Sunday, the same source pointed out.

The resumption of flights between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap is in line with the Royal Government's policy on living in a new normal in the context of COVID-19, Vaccine Tourism Strategy, policy measures to promote domestic tourism movement in 2021-2023, CAA said.

This reroute facilitates the travel of tourists, business and other travellers by spending only 45 minutes between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap with high level of safety, it underlined, adding that CAA’s staff always follow the standard operating procedures (SOP) and strict measures to prevent COVID-19.

Remarkably, Cambodia Angkor Air is the first and only airline in Cambodia to have a safety certificate (IATA Operational Safety Audit - IOSA) and a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
AKP

[PSD-Kiwi]

Shit flight schedule though, only Fridays & Sundays, would be much better if they added a mid-week flight at least....not to mention the cost for such a short flight.

[Kammekor]

Tickets start @ 168 USD

[Darkcel]

Tickets start @ 168 USD

Right? It's 120-160 for a 2-3 hour puddle jumper in the states.. I wouldn't be complaining if it was 80-100 bucks, can't see how they're charging almost 200 dollars to ride for 45 minutes on a early 90s era plane..

[Chuck Borris]

Tickets were 90$ before the Covid.

[Freightdog]

Tickets start @ 168 USD

To put it in perspective, it’s $87 one way, and $168 return. They may have difficulty operating the flight for much less if the information on the web is right, with aircraft leased from Vietnam Airlines. The ATRs are a robust machine, and while it might be a 1980’s design, so are all the other turboprops of a similar function, used worldwide.

Taking a quick look at their schedule and flight matrix, there is a note about a government requirement to spend a minimum of 1 night in Siem Reap on that route. Government hand forcing a revitalization?

One thing is for sure-it’s the typical attention to detail; they’re still promoting special deals on their website, for 2020. They’ll need to put a bit more effort in than that.