By Siva Govindasamy
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Cambodia is looking to build a new airport near Siem Reap, the gateway to the temple ruins of Angkor that are the country's main tourist magnets.
A South Korean company is in talks with the Cambodian government on the project, according to local news reports. They are keen to be involved in the construction and operation of the proposed $1 billion facility, add the reports.
"They want to conduct a feasibility study of Cambodia's civil aviation sector," Long Chheng, deputy director at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, is quoted as saying. "We're very welcoming to any investment in the country's aviation sector."
He adds that there would be further discussions before his department sends the proposal to the Council for the Development of Cambodia, which coordinates and approves infrastructure projects in the country.
The proposed airport would be located 60km from Siem Reap to minimise the damage from noise pollution to the increasingly fragile Angkor Wat complex, the main attraction in the area. It would be able to accommodate larger aircraft that could allow direct links to cities in Europe and the USA, add the newspapers.
A South Korean company is in talks with the Cambodian government on the project, according to local news reports. They are keen to be involved in the construction and operation of the proposed $1 billion facility, add the reports.
"They want to conduct a feasibility study of Cambodia's civil aviation sector," Long Chheng, deputy director at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, is quoted as saying. "We're very welcoming to any investment in the country's aviation sector."
He adds that there would be further discussions before his department sends the proposal to the Council for the Development of Cambodia, which coordinates and approves infrastructure projects in the country.
The proposed airport would be located 60km from Siem Reap to minimise the damage from noise pollution to the increasingly fragile Angkor Wat complex, the main attraction in the area. It would be able to accommodate larger aircraft that could allow direct links to cities in Europe and the USA, add the newspapers.
12 comments:
it's about time, siem reap and the rest of cambodia need a large international airport(s) so we can stop depend on stopover or layover in neighboring countries on long haul flights and larger jets say from america, the EU, australia, japan, the middle east, india, etc, etc... as a khmer person, i'm so glad to hear this good news for my country cambodia. god bless cambodia.
yes, from now on, cambodia should think big as in big development of airports, infrastructure like bridges, railways, skyscrapers, etc, etc... khmer is very proud of our country like this!
khmer international airports need to be 3500 meters in length and 45 meters in width in order to meet the international standard of large airports of the world. thank you to one of our best friends, the koreans, for their interest and investments, etc in cambodia. god bless cambodia.
when the airport is completed, khmer people will have something to be proud of in cambodia. good for cambodia.
Phnom Penh going to be a geto with 555 m building??????? AH kwack logic from Hanoi!!!!!
12:03 PM, You idiot! do you have something good to express or you must be living with your family with all the negative idea. Please learn to think positive and say good about a person or your heart will get attacked soon.
This whole airport and tallest skyscraper business reminds me of the story of a small frog which tries to emulate a huge elephant by bombing its torso bigger and bigger until it blows up in pieces.
I will build a new airport for you for free. Just give me the land from old airport, it is only old and only worth a few dollars. I have much experience at doing things like this.
The korean do a lot of talking but they hardly achieve anything up to thier word yet ,we heard billion of this billion of that but hardly any 100% complete just look at gold tower 42 and camco city would next.
12:42! I give you some thing to think! Do not depend on PhD with no school, no thinking! no brain!
Ever heard!
Go Hanoi see Ankor Watt!
Go Saigong See Ankor watt!
Go Bang kok See Ankpr Watt!
aND ON AND ON!
Where is Phnom Penh? the only Xcambodia left to see Shehamony???
Cambodian airport, Youn owner... just like almost everything else in Cambodia under Ah Kwak Regimes.
it's about time cambodia build huge international airports for a change! stop depend on layover from thailand, vietnam, etc... cambodia can use our own state of the art, modern international airports, etc that meet all international standard, etc... god bless cambodia.
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