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The airport is operated by the Lao Airport Authority (LAA) and serves as a hub for Lao Skyway, Lanexang Airways International, and Lao Airlines. The Lao Air Force also operates an installation at one end of the airport. The head offices of the Department of Civil Aviation and Lao Air are on the airport property.
Lao Air was established on 24 January 2002, as a helicopter charter service company. [3] On 8 December 2003, the airline signed a lease-to-purchase agreement with Lane Xang Minerals Limited Company for the lease of a Cessna Grand Caravan to use on its charter services.
On April 21, 2013, a Lao Air (later Lao Skyway) Twin Otter crashed on take-off, coming to rest in a canal 200 metres from the end of the runway, after clipping some trees. There were no fatalities but five of the 16 passengers were taken to the Friendship Hospital in Vientiane with chest injuries.
This is a list of airports in Laos (the Lao People's Democratic Republic), sorted by location. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML;
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Notes Lao Airlines: QV: LAO: LAO: 1976: Rebranded from Lao Aviation (1976-2003) : Lao Skyway: LK: LLL: LAVIE: 2002: Rebranded from Lao Air (2002-2014)
Lao Airlines ATR 72-500 at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane Lao Airlines Airbus A320-200 at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand. In September 1976, the company was formed from the merger of two existing airlines namely, Royal Air Lao and Lao Air Lines. [4] The company became Lao Aviation in 1979.
Rebranded as Lao Skyway: Lao Air Lines: WL: 1967: 1973: Merged with Royal Air Lao to form the Civil Aviation Company Lao Aviation: QV: LAO: 1976: 2003: Rebranded as ...
The Department of Civil Aviation of Lao PDR is the civil aviation authority of Laos. [1] The agency, a division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport , has its headquarters on the property of the Wattay International Airport in Sikhodtabong District , Vientiane .