19 Dec 2014
PHNOM PENH, 19 December 2014: Cambodia Bayon Airlines received its first aircraft, earlier this week, according to a World Civil Aviation Resource Net report.
The report said the first Modern Ark 60 (MA60) aircraft for Cambodia Bayon Airlines landed at Phnom Penh International Airport (PNH) Monday night.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSAC) signed a bilateral air worthiness agreement for the MA60 aircraft on 1 December.
Cambodia Bayon Airlines is scheduled to receive its flying permit and start operations by the end of the month, it said.
inside no 2The airline placed an order for 20 MA60 aircraft at a cost of USD450 million at the launch ceremony of the airline on 21 August this year.
The turboprop aircraft will serve domestic routes such as Phnom Penh-Siem Reap and Siem Reap-Sihanoukville.
In addition, the airline will introduce an A320 aircraft on trunk routes, to establish a network within ASEAN. The airline also plans to open services from Cambodia to China.
Cambodia Bayon Airlines is China’s first overseas company operating China-made aircraft. The airline will operate regional routes within Cambodia and ASEAN, as well as trunk routes from Cambodia to China, Japan, and South Korea.
The airline is a subsidiary of Bayon Holding Limited, which is wholly owned by Aviation Industry Corporation of China and China Easter Air’s Joy Air – an airline based in China’s Shaanxi province.
sourced:ttrweekly.com