China Eastern opens new route to Phnom Penh

KUNMING – China Eastern Airlines has opened a new route from the southwestern city of Kunming to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.



Since early November, three regular flights per week have flown to the Southeast Asian nation's capital, and a CRJ-200 with a capacity of 50 passengers has been used for the new air service.



Flights take off from Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and arrive in Phnom Penh at 10:40 a.m. local time, she said.



Return flights leave Phnom Penh at 11:30 a.m. local time the same day, she said.



The flights make a stopover in the southern Chinese city of Nanning for 40 minutes.