Kampuchea Airlines

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Kampuchea Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
E2KMPKAMPUCHEA
Founded1997
Ceased operations2004
Hubs Phnom Penh International Airport
Headquarters Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Key peopleUdom Tantiprasongchai Chairman

Kampuchea Airlines was an airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, operating regional passenger services out of Phnom Penh International Airport.

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History

Kampuchea Airlines was operating Boeing 737-200 jetliners and ATR 72 turboprops during the early 1990s. [1] [2] In 1994 it was jointly operating scheduled services with S.K. Air, another air carrier. [3] According to the August 13, 1994 joint Kampuchea Airlines-S.K. Air timetable, nonstop flights were being operated between Phnom Penh (PNH) and both Bangkok (BKK) and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) with Boeing 737 jets with this timetable also stating that flights would be operated with British Aerospace BAe 146 jets from August 13 to September 10, 1994. [4]

Kampuchea Airlines was shut down in 2004.

Destinations in 1997

According to its October 27, 1997 timetable, Kampuchea Airlines was serving the following destinations with Lockheed L-1011 and Boeing 727 jetliners: [5]

Fleet

Kampuchea Airlines Boeing 757-200 at Phnom Penh International Airport Kampuchea Airlines Boeing 757-200 de Maximy.jpg
Kampuchea Airlines Boeing 757-200 at Phnom Penh International Airport

Over the years, Kampuchea Airlines operated the following aircraft types at various times: [6]

Kampuchea Airlines fleet
AircraftIntroducedRetired
Antonov An-24 [7] ??
ATR-72 [8] 1993?
Boeing 727-200 [9] ??
Boeing 737-200 [10] 1992?
Boeing 757-200 20032004
BAe 146-100 19972004
Lockheed L-1011 19972004
Mil Mi-8 [11] (helicopter)??
Tupolev Tu-134 [12] ??

Accidents and incidents

On February 25 1996, an Antonov An-24RV overran the runway at Ban Lung-Ratanakiri Airport causing the aircraft to crash into a building, all 42 occupants survived and there were no deaths on the ground.

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References

  1. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/724149/OO-SDR
  2. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Kampuchea-Airlines/ATR-ATR-72-202/2584491/L
  3. https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/kt.htm
  4. https://www.timetableimages.com/i-uz/vj9408a.jpg
  5. https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/kt/kt9710/kt9710-2.jpg
  6. Kampuchea Airlines fleet at airfleets.net
  7. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/354299/XU-311
  8. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Kampuchea-Airlines/ATR-ATR-72-202/2584491/L
  9. https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/kt/kt9710/kt9710-2.jpg
  10. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/724149/OO-SDR
  11. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/130803/XU-802
  12. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/579048/XU-101