Founded in 1976 as the national carrier of the newly established Lao PDR, Lao Airlines was originally known as the Civil Aviation Company and was formed from merger of existing airlines Royal Air Lao and Lao Air Lines. The company became Lao Aviation in 1979 and has operated under that identity right to March this year.The Lao national carrier initially started life with a mixed fleet of Western aircraft, including the Douglas DC-3 and DC-4, operating on international and domestic routes, as a fleet of helicopters enabling access to the remote regions. The Lao national carrier initially started life with a mixed fleet of Western aircraft, including the Douglas DC-3 and DC-4, operating on international and domestic routes, as a fleet of helicopters enabling access to the remote regions.

Lao Airlines passengers flying on all international routes are new offered service either aboard the M.A.60 or the Francoltalian ATR72. The aircraft also operate on selected domestic routes, notably between Vientiane and the world heritage city of Luang Prabang.In Lao Airlines configuration the ATR72 has a single class lay-out seating 70 passengers and is equipped with two PW124B engines. The versatile aircraft is especially well adapted to operating conditions found in the Lao PDR., with exceptional short-field performance capabilities.The ATR family is built around the design of a high-wing, twin turboprop aircraft optimized from the start for efficiency, operational flexibility and passenger comfort. The ATR benefits from the widest cabin in is its class, providing maximum passenger space and setting new standards of comfort.

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