Emirates to link Phnom Penh and Bangkok with daily service from Dubai

Wednesday 13 February 2019 15:38
- Route to meet growing passenger demand and facilitate seamless travel between capital cities of Cambodia and Thailand

- Daily service between Bangkok and Phnom Penh to offer enhanced connectivity to Emirates' global network and routes served by codeshare partners

Emirates will link Phnom Penh (PNH) and Bangkok (BKK) with its new daily service set to launch on June 1, 2019. The service from Dubai to Phnom Penh, via Bangkok, will provide passengers travelling between the capital cities of Cambodia and Thailand with more flight options. Travellers from both Southeast Asian nations will also enjoy access to Emirates' global network, with enhanced connectivity to over 150 destinations in 86 countries and territories.

The new service will be operated with an Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft will depart daily from Dubai International Airport (DXB) at 08.45 hrs. local time, as EK370, and arrive in Bangkok at 18.15 hrs. The same flight will then depart Bangkok at 20.00 hrs, before arriving at Phnom Penh International Airport at 21.25 hrs. On the return segment, flight EK371 will depart Phnom Penh at 23.20 hrs., and will arrive in Bangkok at 00.40 hrs., the following day. It will then set off to Dubai at 02.25 hrs., arriving at 05.35 hrs. All times are local.

Emirates has been serving Cambodia with its flights to Phnom Penh since July 2017, carrying over 100,000 passengers on the route to date. As Cambodia's largest and most rapidly developing city, Phnom Penh contributes significantly to the country's economic growth and continues to witness a significant increase in foreign tourist arrivals. Trade links between the UAE, Cambodia and Thailand will also be supported with daily Emirates cargo services on the same route.

"We are pleased to enhance our services to these popular Southeast Asian destinations and offer more choices for travellers in Cambodia and Thailand. Passengers will not only be linked directly through our daily service, but will also have access to a host of domestic and regional routes from the two countries via Emirates' codeshare partners Bangkok Airways, Jetstar Pacific and Jetstar Asia," said Adnan Kazim, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Revenue Optimisation & Aeropolitical Affairs.

"Emirates has been proudly connecting the UAE to Cambodia since 2017, and we look forward to building on the success of this route with our new link through Bangkok. The service will offering more choice and flexibility for tourists and its citizens residing overseas to travel to Cambodia, including those from Thailand. We aim to serve the healthy passenger demand, as well as deliver economic benefits by providing air links that support tourism, and the transportation of cargo," continued Kazim.

Phnom Penh is Cambodia's economic centre and has continued to witness an economic boom with double-digit economic growth rates in recent years. New developments to support the tourism industry including hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality-related establishments have been flourishing throughout the city. Home to a population of 1.5 million, the city welcomed through Phnom Penh International Airport more than 1.4 million international tourists in 2017, up 21% from the previous year. The destination is vital to the country's tourism industry, receiving 25% of the 5.6 million international tourist arrivals to Cambodia in 2017. In the same year, more than 2.1 million tourists visited Cambodia from Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand.

Emirates SkyCargo began its operations Cambodia in April 2016 and has transported over 5,000 tonnes of cargo exports in the last two years. Cambodia's major exports include garments, sportswear and shoes. Cambodia's major exports include garments, sportswear and shoes. Cambodian exports have seen double digit growth year on year and Emirates is committed to supporting this growth in trade with its efficient air transport services and bespoke air cargo products.

Emirates, in cooperation with its regional codeshare partners Bangkok Airways, Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Pacific, will offer customers enhanced connectivity and the ability to build travel itineraries that include other domestic destinations in Cambodia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The daily service between Dubai and Phnom Penh, via Bangkok, will also complement Emirates' five direct daily services between Dubai and Bangkok. From Bangkok, travellers can also fly directly to Hong Kong on Emirates. In addition to the Thai capital, Emirates also operates 14 weekly flights between Phuket and Dubai in the winter (seven weekly flights during summer season).

Onboard, Emirates passengers in all cabins can stay connected throughout the flight with pre-loaded 20MB of free Wi-Fi data. They will also be treated to regionally-inspired dishes as well as be spoilt for choice with Emirates' wide selection of premium and exclusive wines and spirits. In Business Class, travellers can look forward to unprecedented levels of comfort with wider, ergonomic seats and choose from up to 4,000 channels showing the latest TV and on-demand content in multiple languages with Emirates' award-winning 'ice' inflight entertainment system, including the most recent Blockbuster hit movies. For bookings and more information visit www.emirates.com

About Emirates Thailand:

Emirates (www.emirates.com/th), recognised as Airline of the Year at the 2018 Air Transport Awards, connects Bangkok to its Dubai hub with 35 weekly flights and Phuket to Dubai with double flights daily. Emirates currently operates four of its seven daily flights from Bangkok to Dubai with an A380. Serving 158 destinations in 86 countries/territories, the airline reported a net profit of US$ 762 million for the fiscal year 2017-2018. Emirates operates 274 wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft, including the world's largest fleet of A380s, and has orders for an additional 243 aircraft. Emirates' partnership with Thailand began in 1990 when it launched flights to Bangkok and ever since it has stimulated trade between the country and points across its network. Emirates has a weekly cargo capacity of 750 tonnes each way in the belly-hold of the passenger aircraft serving Thailand. The airline has been operating its flagship Airbus A380 on the Bangkok-Dubai and Bangkok-Hong Kong route since 2009 and reinforced its commitment to Thailand with the launch of daily direct flight to Phuket in December 2012.

For information and ticket reservations please visit www.emirates.com/th or contact the Reservation Office 02-664 1040.