Economy & Transport: Techo International Airport to open in July as planned

The construction of Techo International Airport is now more than 94 percent complete and the airport is scheduled to be officially inaugurated in July this year under the presidency of Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Techo International Airport to open in July as planned. Photo AKP

The information was provided by Oknha Charles Vann, Director of Cambodia Airport Investment Co. Ltd. (CAIC), at the conclusion of a visit to the airport by a high-level delegation from the Australian and Philippine embassies, led by their respective ambassadors, H.E. Derek Yip and H.E. Ms Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo, on the afternoon of 21 February.

The construction team has been working hard to complete the remaining work so that the airport can be officially opened in July as planned, he said.

Oknha Charles Vann also revealed that the Philippine Embassy, through Philippine Airlines, will be working with Cambodia to open an aircraft repair training school at CamTech University.

Located on an area of more than 2,600 hectares in Prek Sleng commune, Kandal Stung district and Takhmao town, Kandal province, and parts of Bati district, Takeo province, the F4-class Techo International Airport can accommodate large aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 and handle up to 13 million passengers a year in its first phase.

The second phase, to be completed in 2030, will be able to handle approximately 30 million passengers per year, and the final phase, to be completed in 2050, will be able to handle up to 50 million passengers per year.

According to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), Cambodia's current three international airports are expected to handle 5.65 million passengers in 2024, up 39.8 percent from 4.04 million in 2023.