Mai ka panakalupa o Royal Air Cambodge i ka makahiki 2002, ua paʻakikī ʻo Cambodia e kiʻi i kahi moku lawe moku hou. Nui nā ʻoihana hui i hāʻule ʻole a i ʻole nā poʻe ʻoihana kānalua a hewa e hoʻomaka ana i kā lākou mau mokulele ponoʻī ʻaʻole i hāʻawi maoli iā Cambodia i kahi ʻano kaʻa kaʻa ea. A laila hilinaʻi wale ʻo Cambodia i ka manaʻo maikaʻi o nā mea lawe haole e hoʻopili ʻia i ke koena o ka honua. He kūlana paʻa ʻole ia, ʻoiai ʻo ke aupuni i makemake nui i kāna huakaʻi.
Welina mai i kēia manawa i Cambodia Angkor Airlines, e wehe paha i kahi mokuna hou i ka mōʻaukala mokulele Cambodia. Kākoʻo ʻia ka mokulele e Vietnam Airlines, nāna i hoʻouna i ʻelua ATR 72 i ka hui hui hou i loaʻa iā 51 pakeneka e ke aupuni Cambodia. ʻO ka ʻaelike ma waena o Vietnam Airlines a me Cambodia e ʻōlelo ana e loaʻa iā CAA ʻelua Airbus A320 a me A321 no nā ala ʻāpana, me ka lawe ʻana ma ka hopena o ka makahiki a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2010.
E hoʻomaka ana ka mokulele e lele me ʻehā mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Phnom Penh a me Siem Reap a e wehe koke i kahi lele ma waena o Siem Reap a me Sihanoukville. Ma ka like, ua wehe ʻo Cambodia i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Sihanoukville hou, i kapa hou ʻia ʻo Preah Sihanouk International Airport, ma hope o ke Aliʻi Cambodia mua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Cambodia then relies exclusively on the good will of foreign carriers to be linked to the rest of the world.
- The agreement between Vietnam Airlines and Cambodia stipulates that CAA will acquire two Airbus A320s and A321s for regional routes, with delivery due by the end of the year or early 2010.
- The airline is backed by Vietnam Airlines, which sent two ATR 72s to the new joint venture owned 51 percent by the Cambodian government.
