Airports and air travel

The construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport has been now 86 percent complete, and the new airport in Siem Reap province is expected to be put into trial use in June this year and into official operation by October. ...

The Phnom Penh International Airport has welcomed the inaugural flight from Shenzen, China by Hainan Airlines, according to Cambodian Airports. ...

Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) will be a major infrastructural feat that expands and improves the Kingdom’s air passenger and cargo services, bringing in more foreign tourists to fuel post-Covid-19 recovery in the industry. ...

Launching direct flights linking Cambodia and Laos was top of the agenda during a two-day official visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the neighboring nation . ...

Dozens of Chinese tourists boarded an Emirates Airlines flight at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to go sightseeing on Monday morning. ...

The construction of Cambodia’s new international airport has been on track on its construction progress, according to government officials and will soon be 50 percent completed. State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman and undersecretary of state Sin Chansereyvutha spoke to local news and gave ...

At least two Indonesian Airlines are poised to mount direct flights, probably starting with one scheduled flight a week from Indonesia to Phnom Penh within the first quarter of this year. ...

Battambang Airport will be upgraded to be akin to Siem Reap airport as part of plans to attract more tourists to the country. ...

An agreement has been signed for the construction of a $300 million airport on Koh Rong island, taking five years to complete. ...

Construction of a new airport that is slated to serve the capital has passed the 43 per cent completion mark, raising prospects for a proper recovery in the civil aviation and tourism sectors as international travellers return to the Kingdom in increasingly large numbers. ...

The construction work on a Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport, formally known as the Techo International Airport, is expected to be completed in 2024, a spokesman said on Sunday. ...

Cambodia is expected to attract 4.6 million air passengers in 2023 after China’s optimization of its pandemic control policies on January 8, a spokesman said on Saturday. ...

By the end of this year, Cambodia is all set to add more airport capacity to its existing facilities with the opening of the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport. ...

Sixty-three percent of the construction work on a Chinese-invested international airport in northwestern Cambodia’s Siem Reap province has so far been completed, said a press statement on Monday. ...

Kandal residents affected by the new airport development said they were told by company workers to dismantle small sheds they use to house animals, causing anxiety among people that their land could be cleared soon. Residents in four communes of Kandal Stung district have been affected ...

Cambodia and Sri Lanka have exempted visas for Diplomatic and Official passport holders, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. ...

Da Nang city hopes for the early resumption of a direct air route between the central city and Cambodia to facilitate bilateral cooperation in trade and tourism, Standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Luong Nguyen Minh Triet said on December 26. ...

Cambodia has requested direct flights resume between the kingdom and Japan to help further promote tourism after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 outbreak. ...

As air travel in revival mode in Southeast Asia is inching to pre-Covid level, Cambodian airports too have geared up to welcome the visitor flow. ...

Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is still on track to open in October 2023, with work on Phase I reaching 44 per cent as of end-September, according to a senior civil aviation official. ...

A group of Chinese experts from the Angkor International Airport Investment (AIAI) Company are in Cambodia to complete the construction and discuss the transfer plan, as the project is scheduled to be completed in March 2023. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has established an inter-ministerial committee to review ongoing and new agreements for Phnom Penh International and Sihanoukville International Airports. ...

The rising price of air tickets are impacting Cambodia’s tourism rebound, which was hit hard by Covid-19, businesses said on Tuesday. ...

Tourism minister Thong Khon has asked Indonesia to push for the resumption of direct flights to Cambodia as soon as possible to build up bilateral tourism flows, the tourism ministry said, after Indonesian arrivals to the Kingdom ballooned by nearly 600 per cent year-on-year in ...