Cambodia Angkor Airline [CAA] is a joint venture between Cambodian government and Vietnam Airline, which was launched in late July last year. Cambodia’s government owns 51 percent by forming a 30-year-agreement worth an initial investment of $100 million.

Recently, CAA bought a new-brand ATR-72 aircraft, which was manufactured by a French-Italian company. After launching, it has hired two ATR-72 and an Airbus A-320 from its joint-venture partner.

At the present, CAA has five flights between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap province, and three daily flights between Siem Reap to Saigon and other two flights from Phnom Penh to Saigon per day.

Soy Sokhan, under-secretary at the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, who oversees CAA matters, was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying that “we brought a brand-new ATR-72 to get it registered for an AOC on February 12. It is currently being operated on the Phnom Penh-to-Siem Reap route.”

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