Air France eyes Cambodian skies

France’s ambassador to Cambodia, Jean-François Desmazières, has told Prime Minister Hun Sen that he supports an Air France plan to resume direct flights to the Kingdom. This will end a 35-year hiatus on the connection. The diplomat called on Cambodia to assist the carrier in providing the direct connections, according to Eang Sophallath, personal assistant to the Cambodian prime minister. “Hun Sen highly encourages the airliner’s intention to invest,” he said.

Ho Vandy, president of the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, said that direct flights would provide additional opportunities for French and European tourists to visit Cambodia. Visitors from Europe presently arrive in the Kingdom after transiting through Vietnam, Thailand, or Malaysia, since there are no direct flights from the continent to Cambodia.

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