Thai-Cambodia flight quotas lifted

Thailand and Cambodia have scrapped restrictions on the frequency of commercial passenger flights between them to promote mutual tourism.

The Thai cabinet approved the removal of the restrictions on Tuesday in accordance with an agreement between Thai and Cambodian aviation authorities on May 18-19.

Under the previous bilateral agreement, each country was required to operate flights with a maximum number of 5,300 seats per week. But the new agreement allows unlimited seats from each side, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.

Mr Arkhom said there had been 108 flights with 18,312 seats in total from Thailand to Cambodia each week, surpassing the previous quotas, while there were seven flights with 1,288 seats from Cambodia to Thailand.

The two countries also agreed to allow airlines from each side to continue to two more destinations. Mr Arkhom said the Cambodian side has chosen South Korea as one of the two destinations while Thailand has yet to pick any.



