CAMBODIA’S State Secretariat of Civil Aviation has given start-up Bassaka Air the green light to begin operations.
According to The Phnom Penh Post, the airline has partnered with Chinese travel agency China International Travel Services to bring in Chinese tourists.
Bassaka is to lease its two Airbus A320 aircraft from casino NagaCorp, though airline representatives were quoted as saying that details of Bassaka’s first flight has yet to be confirmed.
The Phnom Penh Post reported weeks ago on NagaCorp’s plan to launch flights to China in order to boost its Chinese VIP junket programme.
This segment accounted for US$4.1 billion in earnings at the end of September, a 25 per cent jump year-on-year, according to NagaCorp’s October 3 statement.
