The THAI OWNERS OF former Cambodian International Airlines have been granted permission to start domestic services in Thailand. The carrier, renamed Orient Express, has been given rights to operate up to 20 routes from Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
The airline already owns a Boeing 737 and three Boeing 727-200s, including two recently acquired ex-Delta aircraft.
In the meantime, the company has hired UK legal firm Herbert Smith to start proceedings against the Cambodian Government, after Cambodian's licence to operate scheduled services to Phnom Penh was revoked (Flight International, 11-17 January). It is understood to have rejected a recent Cambodian compromise offer to operate charter flights to the country instead.
Source: Flight International
