Cambodia's new glittering airport receives first direct flight with large plane from Australia

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): The new glittering Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) on Friday welcomed the first direct flight with a large plane from Australia, said Cambodia's aviation authority.

EuroAtlantic Airways' Boeing 777-200 flight, carrying 208 passengers from Sydney, landed at the SAI and was greeted by Mao Havannall, minister in charge of Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), said an SSCA's press statement.