Royal Air Cambodge ( km, អាកាសចរណ៍ភូមិន្ទ កម្ពុជា; known as 'Air Cambodge' ( km, អាកាសចរ កម្ពុជា) from 1970 to 1975) was the

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airline of

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

, headquartered in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

."World Airline Directory." ''

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"206 A, Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia"

History

The company was founded in 1956. After the establishment of the

Khmer Republic The Khmer Republic ( km, សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, ; french: République khmère) was a pro-United States military-led republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on 9 October 1970. The Khmer Republic wa ...

in 1970, the airline was re-named 'Air Cambodge'. It was reformed, under the original name 'Royal Air Cambodge', after the restoration of the monarchy and democracy in the early 1990s and the recovery of the economy in 1994. The airline's partner was

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and aircraft was leased from them. The enterprise however was loss-making, totaling over 30 million US dollars. The decision to close its business was made partly because of a decrease of passengers numbers in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which brought the whole aviation industry as a whole in deep crisis. Royal Air Cambodge had to shut down on 16 October 2001. The Cambodian government later joined with

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to set up the new national flag carrier

Cambodia Angkor Air Cambodia Angkor Air ( km, កម្ពុជា អង្គរ អ៊ែរ) is the national flag carrier airline of Cambodia, with its corporate headquarters and main hub in Phnom Penh. The company slogan is "''Proudly Serve the Kingdom''"''. ...

in 2009.

Former destinations

Royal Air Cambodge serves the following destinations:

Fleet

References

Royal Air Cambodge went bankrupt

External links

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Royal Air Cambodge aircraft
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History

Former destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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