PHNOM PENH, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Tuesday that two international airlines are due to launch flights to the Southeast Asian country in 2025.
Emirates will operate flight service between Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Siem Reap cultural province in Cambodia in the middle of this year, while Turkey Airlines will launch direct flights from Istanbul to the capital Phnom Penh by year-end, he said.
Emirates announced on Monday that it will introduce a new flight route between Dubai and Siem Reap on June 3, with a stopover in Thailand's Bangkok, as Turkey Airlines also announced it will operate flights between Istanbul and Phnom Penh on Dec. 10, with a stopover in Bangkok.
Meanwhile, Hun Manet said that Cambodia's aviation industry had seen significant progress in 2024.
He said a total of 31 domestic and international airlines operated 58,354 flights to the kingdom's three international airports last year, a rise of 14 percent year-on-year.
Cambodia had direct flights with 12 countries and regions, he said, adding that the kingdom recorded a total of 6.24 million air passengers last year, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent. ■
