PMTair

Infobox Airline
airline = PMTAir

logo_size = 160
fleet_size = 6
destinations = 8
IATA = U4
ICAO = PMT
callsign = MULTITRADE
parent = Progress Multitrade Co., Ltd.
company_slogan =
founded = 2003
headquarters = Phnom Penh, Cambodia
key_people =
hubs = Phnom Penh International Airport
secondary_hubs = Angkor International Airport
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.pmtair.com/

PMTair (Progress MulTi Air) is a Cambodian airline offering regularly scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services. Its base of operations is Phnom Penh International Airport.

History

PMTair is owned by Progress Multitrade Co., Ltd., which registered as a commercial airline with the Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia, on January 14, 2003. A certificate of airworthiness was issued by Cambodian Civil Aviation Authority on October 14, 2003.

ervices

=International [ [http://www.pmtair.com/www/index.php?gid=3&pid=999 PMTair - Cambodian airlines: FLIGHT SCHEDULE ] ] =

*Hanoi-Siem Reap
*Busan-Siem Reap
*Incheon-Siem Reap

Former routes

PMTair suspended all domestic flights in the wake of the crash of PMTair Flight U4 241.

*Pattaya-Siem Reap
*Bangkok-Phnom Penh
*Hanoi-Phnom Penh
*Phnom Penh-Ratanakiri-Siem Reap
*Ratanakiri-Phnom Penh
*Siem Reap-Phnom Penh
*Siem Reap-Sihanoukville

Incidents and accidents

* November 21, 2005 – a Yunshuji Y7-100C operated by PMTair left the runway when landing at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri and sheared a leg off its landing gear. Fifty-nine passengers and six crewmembers were aboard. There were no injuries. The aircraft was XU-072, leased from Royal Phnom Penh Airways, and formerly operated by President Airlines. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_2005_Dec_12/ai_n15935397 Accidents and Incidents] , Air Safety Week, 2005-12-12 (retrieved 2007-06-25).] As a result of this accident, United Nations personnel were barred from using the airline. [De Launey, Guy (2006-02-06). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4616592.stm "Budget flights arrive in Southeast Asia"] , BBC News Online, retrieved 2007-06-25.]
* June 25, 2007 – PMTair Flight U4 241, an Antonov An-24 with 16 passengers and six crew crashed in a mountainous jungle area of Kampot Province. The flight had departed Angkor International Airport and was heading for Sihanoukville International Airport, and disappeared from radar at around 10:40 a.m. local time (0340 GMT). Aboard were 13 South Koreans and three Czech passengers, and the crew of one Uzbekistani pilot and five Cambodians. Because of weather and rugged terrain, search-and-rescue crews took two days to find the crash site. No survivors were found. [Agence France-Presse (2007-06-25). [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/284367/1/.html Charter plane carrying Koreans, Czechs crashes in Cambodia] , Channel NewsAsia, retrieved 2007-06-25.] cite news|title='No survivors' in Cambodia plane |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6243842.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2007-06-27 |accessdate=2007-06-26] cite news|title=Memorials held for Cambodian air crash victims |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/284970/1/.html |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |date=2007-06-28 |accessdate=2007-06-28]

Fleet

The PMTair fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 30 August 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=PMT&al_op=1] :

*2 Antonov An-12 (cargo)
*1 Antonov An-24
*2 Boeing 737-200
*2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (one aircraft is operated for Wind Rose Aviation)

References

External links

* [http://www.pmtair.com/ PMTair]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=PMT&al_op=1 PMTair Fleet]