PMTair
PMTair was a Cambodian airline offering regularly scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services out of Phnom Penh International Airport.
History
PMTair was founded on 14 January 2003 and was owned by Progress Multitrade Co., Ltd. A certificate of airworthiness was issued by the Cambodian Civil Aviation Authority on 14 October 2003.The airline was dissolved in 2008.
Destinations
During its five-year existence, PMTair served the following destinations:- *Phnom Penh – Phnom Penh International Airport – hub
- *Ratanakiri
- *Siem Reap – Siem Reap International Airport – focus city
- *Sihanoukville – Sihanouk International Airport
- *Busan – Gimhae International Airport
- *Seoul – Incheon International Airport
- *Bangkok
- *Pattaya – U-Tapao International Airport
- *Hanoi – Noi Bai International Airport
Fleet
The PMTair fleet included the following aircraft :Accidents and incidents
- On November 21, 2005, a Yunshuji Y7-100C operated by PMTair left the runway when landing at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri and sheared a leg off its landing gear. Fifty-nine passengers and six crew members were aboard. There were no injuries. The aircraft was XU-072, leased from Royal Phnom Penh Airways, and formerly operated by President Airlines. As a result of this accident, United Nations personnel were barred from using the airline.
- On June 25, 2007, PMTair Flight U4 241, an Antonov An-24 with 16 passengers and six crew crashed in a mountainous jungle area of Kampot Province. The flight had departed Angkor International Airport and was heading for Sihanoukville International Airport, and disappeared from radar at around 10:40 a.m. local time. Aboard were 13 South Koreans and three Czech passengers, and the crew of one Uzbekistani pilot and five Cambodians. Because of weather and rugged terrain, search-and-rescue crews took two days to find the crash site. No survivors were found.