Cambodia launched it new national airline, Cambodia Angkor Air, on July 27, 2009.

  Japan and Da Nang, in central Vietnam, will be connected by direct flights by late 2009.

Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier of Vietnam, has signed a $112-million contract to buy six ATR 72-500 turboprop planes from ATR, despite falling tourism in the country, with a view to modernising its fleet of short-haul turboprop aircraft.

Vietnam has decided to do away with tariffs on import of jet fuel – which stands at 5% currently – from July 2008 in an effort to help the country’s airlines survive in the time of prohibitively high prices of oil.