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Buriram Province - General Category => Thailand News clippings => Topic started by: Mod on October 01, 2012, 01:28:51 PM
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Utapao Airport Announces Regular Cambodia Flights
Cambodian airline, Air Hanuman, has negotiated a regular route between Siam Reap Cambodia and Pattaya’s own Utapao Airport.
The service, which will initially be a weekly series of three return flights, will mean that tourists can leave Pattaya and be in Cambodia in just about an hour.
This new route is great news for travelers who want to visit Pattaya from Siem Reap and explore the mysterious Siem Reap-Angkor Wat Temples, from Pattaya.
To date, the only options have been either the long drive to Bangkok’s airport or the day long drudge over Thailand to the border and the less comfortable roads of Cambodia.
Utapao was built by the US Military during the Vietnam conflict and was used as the main hub for Thailand a few years back when Bangkok Airport was closed. At the time, Pilots and airlines were not only impressed with the runways but also the facilities and ease for passenger to get through the usual queues quickly to board and leave the planes.
pattaya103.com 2012-09-30
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Fares are quoted from 99us$,3 times a week departs Utopao at 16-00hrs,The fleet details ,indeed the actual airline details are very vague ,A supposed fleet of 3 737-300's & 1 737-500....to start on October 10th................Lets wait & see