Air France Celebrates Return to Phnom Penh

Air France has resumed flights into Cambodia, almost 37 years since it last serve the country. Its inaugural Paris CDG – Phnom Penh, operated by an Airbus A340-300 arrived in the Asian country on March 31. The airline started flying to Phnom Penh in 1947 when Cambodia was still a French colony but suspended its services in June 1974, just months before the Khmer Rouge closed the borders and launched a radical revolution.

Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said the resumption of flights from Paris to the southeast Asian country was part of the airline's growth strategy, but it was also significant from a historical perspective. "It is really emotional," he told reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport after the first flight arrived.

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing May 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.