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Royal Air Cambodge

Not to be confused with Cambodia Angkor Air, the present Cambodian flag carrier.
Royal Air Cambodge
Khmer: អាកាសចរណ៍ភូមិន្ទ កម្ពុជា
IATA ICAO Call sign
VJ RAC AIR CAMBODGE
Founded1956 (1956)
Commenced operations
  • 1970 (1970)
    (as Air Cambodge)
  • 1994 (1994)
    (as Royal Air Cambodge)
Ceased operationsOctober 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)
HubsPhnom Penh International Airport
Parent companyGovernment of Cambodia (51%)
Websitewww.royal-air-cambodge.net
(Archive)
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Air Cambodge Sud Aviation Caravelle III (XU-JTB) at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport in 1973.
Royal Air Cambodge Boeing 737-400 in 1999.

Royal Air Cambodge (Khmer: អាកាសចរណ៍ភូមិន្ទ កម្ពុជា; known as 'Air Cambodge' (Khmer: អាកាសចរ កម្ពុជា) from 1970 to 1975) was the flag carrier airline of Cambodia, headquartered in Phnom Penh.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1956. After the establishment of the Khmer Republic in 1970, the airline was re-named 'Air Cambodge'. It was reformed, under the original name 'Royal Air Cambodge', after the restoration of the monarchy and democracy in the early 1990s and the recovery of the economy in 1994. The airline's partner was Malaysia Airlines and aircraft was leased from them. The enterprise however was loss-making, totaling over 30 million US dollars. The decision to close its business was made partly because of a decrease of passengers numbers in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which brought the whole aviation industry as a whole in deep crisis.[2] Royal Air Cambodge had to shut down on 16 October 2001. The Cambodian government later joined with Vietnam Airlines to set up the new national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air in 2009.

Former destinations

Royal Air Cambodge flew to the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes
 Cambodia Battambang Battambang Airport
Kratié Kratié Airport
Koh Kong Koh Kong Airport
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh International Airport Hub
Banlung Ratanakiri Airport
Siem Reap Siem Reap International Airport
Stung Treng Stung Treng Airport
 China Guangzhou Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
 Hong Kong Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport Airport Closed
Hong Kong International Airport
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Subang International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu International Airport
 Singapore Singapore Paya Lebar Airport
Changi Airport
 Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport
 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport

Fleet

Royal Air Cambodge fleet information History 1994-2001
Aircraft In
service 		Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 72-201
3
0
68
68
 EX: Kampuchea Airlines
Boeing 737-200
1
0
112
112
 XU-711
Boeing 737-400
3
16
128
144
 All leased from Malaysia Airlines
Total 7

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 4–10 April 2000. p. 99. "206 A, Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia"
  2. ^ "Cambodia's Royal Air Cambodge to Stop All Flights". english.people.com.cn/english/200110/14/eng20011014_82231.html. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Cambodge