Bangkok Airways said air cargo volumes decreased about 34 per cent at the revenue down 40 per cent – a decline of US$148,000, said Ekkaphon Nanta- O-Sot, deputy communication manager, in the report.
“The economic slowdown is having a strong effect on the cargo business,” he said. Bangkok Airways, which operates two daily flights from Phnom Penh, said that it is increasing its service to Cambodia despite the slowdown. “We see potential in this market,” he said.
Cambodia’s air cargo industry is especially dependent on the garment industry with 88 per cent of Cambodia’s exports coming from the sector alone, according to the World Bank.