Cambodia AngkorAir: national airline pride?27 July 2009Editorial by SopheakOn the web at http://sopheak.wordpress.comTranslated from Khmer by Heng SoyClick 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.
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