Two month after Cambodia Angkor Air began operating between Siem Reap and coastal Sihanoukville, demand is not yet covering the national carrier”s cost.
Sihanoukville Airport
The airline is running its planes currently at around half of their capacity. Although it is still the high season in Cambodian tourism, the deployed 67-seater ATR-72 airplanes are half empty.
The airline operates flights between Siem reap and Sihanoukville three times a week.
Poor information or boring city?
Beside poor information and advertising for the new flight connection, there might be a very simple reason for the lacking demand as Rainer Deyhle, president of the Foreign Business owners Association of Cambodia,, says: “Sihanoukville does not have much to over. It’s quite a boring city.”
