PMTair

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U4 PMT Destinations 4 (at closure) Headquarters Phnom Penh, Cambodia Ceased operations 2008		PMT MULTITRADE Company slogan Slide On Our Wings Founded 2003 Fleet size 6

Secondary hubs Angkor International Airport Parent company Progress Multitrade Co., Ltd. Hubs Siem Reap International Airport, Phnom Penh International Airport

PMTair (Progress MulTi 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 Cambodian Civil Aviation Authority on October 14, 2003.

The airline was dissolved in 2008,

Destinations

Upon closure, PMTair served the following destinations:

Cambodia

Siem Reap - Angkor International Airport base

Korea, South

Busan - Gimhae International Airport

Seoul - Incheon International Airport

Vietnam

Hanoi - Noi Bai International Airport

Former routes

PMTair suspended all domestic flights in the wake of the crash of PMTair Flight U4 241.

Pattaya-Siem Reap

Bangkok-Phnom Penh

Hanoi-Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh-Ratanakiri-Siem Reap

Ratanakiri-Phnom Penh

Siem Reap-Phnom Penh

Siem Reap-Sihanoukville

Accidents and incidents

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 crewmembers 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.

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 (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.

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)

References

PMTair Wikipedia

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