Lao Airlines will launch three routes to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia to link their major tourist sites, Lao News Agency KPL reported on 18th September.

Lao Airlines, in which the Lao government holds a 40-percent stake, will on 4th October open a route with three flights a week linking the ancient capital city of Luang Prabang, a world heritage site, to Bangkok, capital of Thailand.

The airline carrier will conduct two weekly flights on each of the two other routes, linking to Vietnam's Hanoi capital city, starting on 29th October, and to Cambodia's northern Siem Reap province, beginning on 30th October.

Some 245,000 domestic and foreign passengers fly with Lao Airlines each year, KPL said.