SOK CHAN
Cathay Dragon, which was rebranded from Dragon Air, and is a sister company of Cathay Pacific will fly daily return flights from Hong Kong to Phnom Penh from September 21. The airline also announced that it will operate a daily flight between Hong Kong and Siem Reap from November.
Josh Williams, Cambodia country manager of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited, said Dragon Air had been operating in Cambodia since 1993 and the passenger load for flights between Hong Kong and Cambodia had been increasing steadily.
“So to meet the demand, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines had to double the number of flights to Cambodia,” he said.
“We are very optimistic, when it comes to the Cambodian market. It’s growing fast and that’s why we have doubled our flights for passenger and cargo services,” added Mr. Williams.
Dragonair has been rebranded as Cathay Dragon, he said, adding: “We are bringing our two brands closer together because we believe in offering passengers one seamless brand experience.”
“I am delighted to announce that from September 21, Cathay Dragon will operate double flights per day between Phnom Penh to Hong Kong, and a daily flight between Hong Kong and Siem Reap in November,” said Mr. Williams.
When it first started flying to Cambodia in 1993, Dragon Air operated two flights a week between Phnom Penh and Hong Kong. Currently, it has 12 flights a week from Hong Kong to Phnom Penh and four flights weekly from Hong Kong to Siem Reap. Additionally, Cathay Pacific operates a twice weekly air freight service to Phnom Penh.
According to a Civil Aviation Department statement, Cambodian airports received nearly four million passengers from 42,000 flights, between January to July. The number of passengers represented a 5.4 percent increase compared to the same period last year, while the number of flights increased by 2.7 percent in comparison to first half of 2015.
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