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Sky Angkor Airlines Inc. (), formerly known as Skywings Asia Airlines, is an
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...
based in
Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
. Its main hub is at
Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport is an international airport in Soutr Nikom District, Siem Reap province serving the city of Siem Reap, Cambodia. It is northeast of Damdek, east of Angkor Wat and east of Siem Reap. It is the large ...
and its second hub is in
Phnom Penh International Airport Phnom Penh International Airport , formerly Pochentong International Airport , is the busiest international airport in Cambodia and serves as the country's main international gateway. It is Cambodia's second largest airport by area after the ...
. Sky Angkor Airlines is the first Cambodian airline to operate
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.


History

Founded in 2010, Skywings Asia Airlines received its 'Approval of Foreign International Transportation Business'. The airline is a joint venture of Korean and Cambodian investors with focusing on the Korean travel market. On 13 June 2011, it had its inaugural flight on the route Siem Reap - Seoul-Incheon - Hanoi - Siem Reap using a
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aircraft. The airline added its first
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in July of the same year. On 30 November 2014, Skywings Asia Airlines formally ceased operations and rebranded as Sky Angkor Airlines. Since rebranding the airline now flies many scheduled and charter flights to and from Cambodia to countries including China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. On 23 April 2022, Sky Angkor Airlines announced daily flights from
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...
to
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and
Siem Reap Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...
with Airbus A321-200 starting from 6 May 2022.


Destinations

Sky Angkor Airlines serves the following destinations:


Fleet


Current fleet

, Sky Angkor Airlines operates the following aircraft:


Former fleet

Sky Angkor Airlines, as well as Skywings Asia Airlines, previously operated the following aircraft as of August 2023:Skywings Asia Airlines fleet information
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See also

* Air transport in Cambodia * List of airlines of Cambodia


References


External links

* {{Airlines of Cambodia Airlines of Cambodia Airlines established in 2010 Cambodian companies established in 2010