FROM end-March 2013, Air France will terminate direct thrice-weekly Paris-Phnom Penh services, which was launched in April 2011 with a transit stop in Ho Chi Minh City.
Said Air France-KLM’s general manager – Mekong, Herve Moulin: “Air France will maintain its presence in Cambodia with an office, continuing to service customers, trade and corporate clients. It will maintain Phnom Penh as a destination through its partnership with Bangkok Airways to codeshare connecting flights beyond Bangkok.”
Diethelm Travel (Cambodia)’s managing director, Pierre Jungo, said: “We are sorry to hear about the flight cancellation. Luckily, Qatar Airways is launching flights to Phnom Penh, and these flights will bring us more clients than Air France.”
Meanwhile, Myanmar Airways International’s (MAI) twice-weekly Yangon-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-Yangon service, which was suspended since September 19, will be reinstated starting December 1, 2012. The triangular routing will be de-linked and MAI will operate twice-weekly Yangon-Phnom Penh and Yangon-Siem Reap services.
