Government officials in Cambodia announced recently that construction of a new airport for the capital Phnom Penh is almost half complete. The news comes as international travellers trickle back into the kingdom with the lifting of all COVID restrictions.
Cambodia was among one of the first countries to do away with quarantines and other COVID-related requirements in order to restart its tourism economy. (PHOTO: Matt Driskill)
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman and undersecretary of state Sin Chansereyvutha told local media that work on Techo International Airport (TIA) has so far cost the developer, Cambodia Airport Investment Co Ltd (CAIC), about US$617 million at the end of 2022.
CAIC is a joint venture between Overseas Cambodia Investment Corp Ltd (OCIC) and the SSCA, with ownership set up on a 90:10 basis. Chansereyvutha said that recent studies have suggested that, in general, air traffic volumes in Cambodia may not reach 2019 levels until about end-2024 or early 2025.
Pacific Asia Travel Association Cambodia Chapter chairman Thourn Sinan lauded the progress on TIA, saying that the airport will encourage more aviation business and spur a swift recovery in the local tourism sector. He hailed the airport as a “modern” addition to the air passenger and freight transport sector that will be key to “broadening markets for our country in the coming years”, according to local media reports.
Air passengers in 2022 totalled 2.382 million, up nearly 900 percent year-on-year, but just 25 percent of the 2019 figure. The number of flights came to 28,900 last year, up more than 260 percent year-on-year, but just 28 percent of the 2019 total. Air cargo volumes surpassed 553.7 tonnes which, although down 22 percent year-on-year, marked a 5 percent rise over 2019.
Chansereyvutha said in a later interview in The Phnom Penh Post that that civil aviation sector has seen improvements since November 2021, when the government announced that the country would reopen. By end-December, 27 international airlines had resumed commercial flights, which is just above three-fifths of the 44 in 2019.
He added that the destinations with the most weekly flights to and from Cambodia now are Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, although it’s expected that some Chinese cities will emerge as potential contenders, especially now that China has reopened. https://asianaviation.com/new-cambodian ... -on-track/
New Cambodian international airport on track
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The road from PP to this new airport is a big traffic jam already, and I'm not including the times when there is a wedding tent on the road, a fleet of sand trucks following each other dripping muddy water or one side of the road is blocked off by the military so a important person can travel unhindered.
It's going to be quicker to go to the Pochentong Airport then fly to the new airport.
It's going to be quicker to go to the Pochentong Airport then fly to the new airport.
Looks like they will be extending Hun Sen Blvd to the new airport and that road is fine until you hit 271 / Monivong and then it's a shit show especially in rush hour.
That's all that is needed to clog up the road even more. One bus every hour to the airport, that's 24 buses , one returning every hour , that's another 24 buses. Total 48 buses a day. It already takes one hour to travel the 12 km to Takhmau by bus.
Another white elephant that may never open
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They are building new ramps/flyover there. That place has always been bottleneck during rush hour but the new flyover should should ease congestion. You can go to new airport via Norodom & National Road 2 too.Guest11 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:31 pmLooks like they will be extending Hun Sen Blvd to the new airport and that road is fine until you hit 271 / Monivong and then it's a shit show especially in rush hour.
Also the new Ring Road 3 will be ready this year and that should have big impact on Hun Sen Blvd/Monivong intersection.
In later phase there is a plan to build new toll road that is on top of existing Hun Sen Blvd that will connect straight to the new airport road. They will build this if Hun Sen blvd ends up being congested some point in future. There has been some talks also that this toll road could be actually airport rail link instead.
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