Cambodia Siem Reap International airport finally welcomes its first International Passenger flight after nearly 20 months of closing. The inaugural flight flew from Singapore and landed in Siem Reap at 09:45 am on Friday. Siem Reap is one of the 3 international airports in Vietnam.
“This is the first international flight to Siem Reap since March 2020. The re-launch of the service will help to rebuild air traffic between the two countries following the challenging months arising from the pandemic.” Said a statement from Singapore International Airport.
Singapore is going to operate daily flights between Singapore and Siem Reap and the Vaccinated Travel Lane flights are expected to operate 4 times weekly.
It has been reported that the flights will offer quarantine-free entry for those whose travel is eligible.
“The re-introduction of international services between Singapore and Siem Reap is great news for our customers, who can resume travel between the cities and connect on to other destinations in our network,” said Zechariah Chai, General Manager for Singapore Airlines
Once reopened for travel, Siem Reap should get more visitors and after reopening of international flights and also come out of Cambodia’s top leisure destination.