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PHNOM PENH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's largest low cost carrier Spring Airlines will begin direct flights between Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh and southern China's Guangzhou City, commencing from Sept. 30 onwards, the airlines said in a statement.
"The new Phnom Penh-Guangzhou service will be operated three times weekly - Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, using an Airbus A320 aircraft," the statement said.
In addition to the Phnom Penh-Guangzhou service, Spring Airlines has launched new flights between Guangzhou and northwestern Cambodia's Siem Reap City since Sept. 9, it said, adding that the airlines will also operate direct flights between Shenzhen City and Siem Reap City from Sept. 30.
Both Guangzhou and Shenzhen are in southern China's Guangdong province.
"The rapid expansion of services to Cambodia by Spring Airlines indicates not only growing outbound leisure traffic from China to Cambodia, but also strong demand from business passengers," the statement said.
