PMTair (Progress Multi Trade Air) 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 (as of 30 August 2008):
2 Antonov An-12 (cargo) 1 Antonov An-24 2 Boeing 737-200 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (one aircraft is operated for Wind Rose Aviation)
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.De Launey, Guy (2006-02-06). "Budget flights arrive in Southeast Asia", BBC News Online, retrieved 2007-06-25. On June 25, 2007, PMTair Flight 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 (0340 UTC). 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.Agence France-Presse (2007-06-25). Charter plane carrying Koreans, Czechs crashes in Cambodia , Channel NewsAsia, retrieved 2007-06-25.
References
External links
(Archive) PMTair Fleet