First Charter Flight from Kumamoto-Japan to Cambodia

Cambodia welcomed very first charter flight from Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan to Siem Reap on 11th ? 15 August 2007.

The charter flight-Angkor Airways brought 162 passengers including VIP delegation from Kumamoto International Center (KIC), other companies and Kumamoto People. Upon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, all the guests were warmly and friendly greeted by the Minister of Tourism, Siem Reap Governor and Cultural Dancing Troop.

This charter flight was initiated by Mr. Tanigawa Masatoshi, Chairman of KIC and head of delegation in order to commemorate the 400 anniversary of Kumamoto Castle and to further strengthen the historical friendship and relation between Cambodia and Japan especially Kumamoto-Siem Reap.

During this visit, the delegation also brought small trees from Kumamoto Castle called Kusunoki to plant in Cambodia as memory. Three trees were planted in Siem Reap province and one tree was planted in Phnom Penh city with the high presence of Siem Reap Governor and Mayor of Phnom Penh.

All the guests were very joyful and excited with the good views and beautiful tourist attractions of Cambodia especially they highly appreciated the great achievement of mankind and world famous heritage of Angkor Wat. Moreover, the delegation promised to arrange more charter flights to Cambodia and hopefully this will lead to have regular flight from Japan to Cambodia soon.