Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (centre) and other government officials walk in front of a plane during the official launch of Cambodian national carrier Cambodia Angkor Air at Phnom Penh international airport. (AFP)
The website of Cambodia's national airline "Cambodia Angkor Air" carries information exclusively in Yuon and English. Could it be that Cambodian leaders do not read Khmer language when they announced that this national airline is Cambodia's pride and joy?Cambodia AngkorAir: national airline pride?
27 July 2009
Editorial by Sopheak
On the web at http://sopheak.wordpress.com
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the original article in Khmer (NOT Xmer!)
For the Cambodian government, 27 July is a humongous and victorious historical day for Cambodia which finally has a national airline that can show that Cambodia was indeed a former empire (sic!).
If one were to hear Cambodia Angkor Air, this name is music to the ears because the country is very famous for its Angkor temple, and wherever one turns, one surely hears the word “Angkor.” It is true that “Angkor” is Cambodia’s pride and it is an unavoidable fact. Nevertheless, can Cambodia Angkor Air actually represent our national airline pride?
The history of the Cambodia Angkor Air shows that it is half owned by Cambodia and half owned by Cambodia’s tens-of-thousand-years-old brother: Vietnam. However, right from the start, Cambodia Angkor Air did not show its aspiration to be Cambodia’s pride to the more than 14 million Cambodians at all.
It is in fact very regrettable and very shameful that, currently, Cambodia does not have the ability to form its own 100% national airline where the Cambodian flag adorned with Angkor Wat can be displayed.
When one tries to reach the Cambodia Angkor Air website (www.cambodiaangkorair.com), no information in Cambodian can be found. Quite to the contrary, the Vietnamese language is quite prominent, from airline reservation to airline flight routes etc… Could it be that Cambodia Angkor Air is merely a sexual toy of Vietnam Airlines? Is this what Cambodia Angkor Air pride amounts to?
We praise and encourage the Cambodian government that puts effort to bring back the national airline, but in the case of Cambodia Angkor Air, our pride on this so-called national airline is still doubtful.
We wish Cambodia Angkor Air a good operation and that it may become popular with Cambodians and foreigners alike who will be using this airline for their travel needs!
Bravo, Cambodia Angkor Air!
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Comment from Chanroeun:
Bravo! your analysis is so obvious. I was so surprised to see the name of the board of directors, of this so called Cambodian National Airline, are all Vietnamese http://www.k6-air.com/Home/Intro/Generalinfo/BoardofDirectors/tabid/620/Default.aspx. A joke has become a real story.
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If one were to hear Cambodia Angkor Air, this name is music to the ears because the country is very famous for its Angkor temple, and wherever one turns, one surely hears the word “Angkor.” It is true that “Angkor” is Cambodia’s pride and it is an unavoidable fact. Nevertheless, can Cambodia Angkor Air actually represent our national airline pride?
The history of the Cambodia Angkor Air shows that it is half owned by Cambodia and half owned by Cambodia’s tens-of-thousand-years-old brother: Vietnam. However, right from the start, Cambodia Angkor Air did not show its aspiration to be Cambodia’s pride to the more than 14 million Cambodians at all.
It is in fact very regrettable and very shameful that, currently, Cambodia does not have the ability to form its own 100% national airline where the Cambodian flag adorned with Angkor Wat can be displayed.
When one tries to reach the Cambodia Angkor Air website (www.cambodiaangkorair.com), no information in Cambodian can be found. Quite to the contrary, the Vietnamese language is quite prominent, from airline reservation to airline flight routes etc… Could it be that Cambodia Angkor Air is merely a sexual toy of Vietnam Airlines? Is this what Cambodia Angkor Air pride amounts to?
We praise and encourage the Cambodian government that puts effort to bring back the national airline, but in the case of Cambodia Angkor Air, our pride on this so-called national airline is still doubtful.
We wish Cambodia Angkor Air a good operation and that it may become popular with Cambodians and foreigners alike who will be using this airline for their travel needs!
Bravo, Cambodia Angkor Air!
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Comment from Chanroeun:
Bravo! your analysis is so obvious. I was so surprised to see the name of the board of directors, of this so called Cambodian National Airline, are all Vietnamese http://www.k6-air.com/Home/Intro/Generalinfo/BoardofDirectors/tabid/620/Default.aspx. A joke has become a real story.
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