Cambodia, Japan launch the first ever daily direct flight
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PHNOM PENH - ANA’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft with 280 passengers arrived on Thursday afternoon at the Phnom Penh International Airport.
This is the first ever direct flight between Tokyo and Phnom Penh, said Minister of Tourism Thong Khon at the welcome ceremony of this inaugural flight.
The Secretary of State of Civil Aviation, Mao Havannall said after its departure from Tokyo’s Narita Airport at 10:50 am it arrived Phnom Penh at 15:10 pm and will depart at 22.50 pm and arrives Narita at 6.45am on the next day.
Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Kumamaru Yuji has also expressed his welcome today’s inauguration flights.
The daily flights between Tokyo and Phnom Penh of ANA will bring Japan much closer to Cambodia, he said.
“Direct flights between the two countries have been a dream of the people of both countries for a long time. I am delighted that the dream has finally come true. I would like to thank everyone, both on Japanese side and Cambodian side, who helped it happen,” he underlined.
In the first semester of the year, Cambodia attracted total of 90,877 Japanese visitors, up 3.5 per cent if compared to the same period in previous year.
