Cambodia Airports Funds Study of Five Airstrips
Cambodia Airports, which operates the country’s three international airports, has financed a study of five of the country’s unused domestic airstrips ahead of government plans to rehabilitate the facilities, a representative of the company said yesterday. Khek Norinda, communications manager at the Cambodia Airports, said that the study, which is being carried out by the International Air Transport Association, will assess the state of airports in Battambang, Koh Kong, Preah Vihear, Ratanakkiri and Stung Treng provinces. … Cambodia’s aviation regulator, the State Secretariat for Civil Aviation, submitted a plan to the Council of Ministers earlier this year to build new airports in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district and in Kratie City, and to renovate existing facilities in Battambang City and Ratanakkiri’s Banlung City. …
