Angkor Airways

Infobox Airline
airline = Angkor Airways

logo_size = 160
fleet_size = 2
destinations = 7
IATA = G6
ICAO = AKW
callsign = ANGKORWAYS
parent =
company_slogan = Bring the World to Angkor Wat
founded = 2004
ceased = 2008
headquarters = Phnom Penh, Cambodia
key_people =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.angkorairways.com/

Angkor Airways Corporation is a defunct airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This carrier started service in 2004 and had been substantially invested by Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport(FAT) as its subsidiary to make use of the Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap as its hubcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 75 | date= 2007-03-27] and as a fast transit station between Taiwan and People's Republic of China(where direct flights between the 2 locations were banned due to the political status of Taiwan), while meantime also operated some charter flights in the East Asia and Southeast Asia region. All its fleets were wet leased from the FAT.

Following a chain of financial crisis of its mother FAT, on May 9th, 2008 the airline ceased all operations due to financial issues. Its chairman Alex Lou(樓文豪) were put into custody for his alleged breach of trust on the same day [http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20080501/291228.html 吳哥航空負責人(樓文豪)羈押-社會新聞-新浪新聞中心 ] ] .

Destinations

East Asia

*Taiwan:*Taipei (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport):*Kaohsiung (Kaohsiung International Airport)
*Japan:*Tokyo (Narita International Airport) - "charter":*Nagoya (Chūbu Centrair International Airport)- "charter":*Niigata (Niigata Airport)- "charter":*Osaka (Kansai International Airport) - "charter":*Fukuoka (Fukuoka Airport) - "charter"

Southeast Asia

*Cambodia:*Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh International Airport) - main hub:*Siem Reap (Angkor International Airport) - focus city

People's Republic of China

:*Chengdu (Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport):*Kunming (Kunming Wujiaba International Airport)

Fleet

The Angkor Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (at April 2008):

*1 Boeing 757-200 (which is leased from Far Eastern Air Transport)
*1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (which is leased from Far Eastern Air Transport)

External links

* [http://www.angkorairways.com/ Angkor Airways]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=G6&al_op=1 Angkor Airways Fleet]

References