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October 2023 start date targeted for Siem Reap Angkor International Airport in Cambodia
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. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217684/october-2023-start-date-targeted-for-siem-reap-angkor-international-airport-in-cambodia/
In Cambodia’s Siem Reap, $880m airport faces hurdles to success
Down a dirt road in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, behind homes and a few sundry shops, construction teams are busy working to transform an empty rice field into an international airport capable of handling 10 million travellers by 2030. ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/2/16/in-cambodias-siem-reap-990m-airport-faces-hurdles-to-success
Four regional airports on shelf courtesy of pandemic
Plans to build new international airports have been put on hold as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to keep tourists and business travelers from visiting the Kingdom. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898872/four-regional-airports-on-shelf-courtesy-of-pandemic/
Air passengers drop by 92 percent in first half
Air passengers handled through the three international airports in Cambodia dropped by 92 percent to 136,680 in the first semester of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898857/air-passengers-drop-by-92-percent-in-first-half/
Koh Kong airport confirmed to begin construction in early 2018
The international airport to be built in Koh Kong province will kick off construction in January next year, according to a spokesman from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/koh-kong-airport-confirmed-begin-construction-early-2018
Health Ministry taking measures to counter Zika
The Ministry of Health is taking precautionary measures to prevent the transmission of Zika and is asking the public to do the same, as the virus has emerged in other Southeast Asian countries and could make a comeback in the Kingdom. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-taking-measures-counter-zika
Tourist arrivals up 18 per cent
International tourist arrivals soared nearly 18 per cent in the first quarter in this year compared to the same period the year before, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism. The ministry’s official statistics report showed that Cambodia received 1,172,072 tourists in three-month period, compared ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052365790/Business/tourist-arrivals-up-18-per-cent.html
Can Tho links with Cambodian province
The Can Tho city and Cambodian province of Battambang have signed a memorandum of understanding on economic co-operation that covers commerce, investment, and tourism. The two sides will create favourable conditions for businesses from the two localities to co-operate in areas like processing of farm produce, ...
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/237556/can-tho-links-with-cambodian-province.html
Kampong Chhnang prices on the rise
Real estate prices in Kampong Chhang province have increased by around 10 per cent over the last 12 months, according to experts. Dith Chana, general manager of VMC Real Estate Cambodia, said that Kampong Chhnang is only 91 kilometres from Phnom Penh, but the development of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/kampong-chhnang-prices-on-the-rise.html
Myanmar Airways flights to Cambodia to take off again
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) will resume its regular flights between Yangon and Cambodia’s two main international airports in early December after they were suspended for about three months. MAI started a twice-weekly schedule to Siem Reap in late February, but suspended the route over the last ...
Eight-year investment in Cambodia's airports
Almost $400 million will be invested in Cambodia’s airports over the next eight years, the trade magazine Airport World has reported. The investment will fund the extension to the international terminal at Phnom Penh’s airport, the upgrading of Siem Reap’s airport and improvements to the Sihanoukville ...
Silk Air celebrates 20 years in Kingdom
Nagaworld Hotel was the venue for Monday night’s occasion, exactly 20 years after the very first Silk Air flight into Phnom Penh on October 1, 1992. The event came on the same evening as the launch of Tiger Airways’ service between Phnom Penh and Singapore ...