The Kingdom’s civil aviation regulator has voiced support for plans set forth by France’s Vinci Airports, the parent company of Cambodia Airports, for expansions at Sihanouk International Airport that would allow long-haul flights to the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk.
Minister of Tourism Thong Khon on November 29 signalled his keenness for All Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA) to launch the first post-Covid-19 direct commercial flights between Cambodia and Japan. This came during outgoing Japanese ambassador Masahiro Mikami’s farewell call on the minister as his diplomatic mission nears its end, the ministry disclosed in a statement.
The official start of operations at the Chinese-developed Dara Sakor International Airport in southwestern Koh Kong province has been delayed from end-2022 to mid-2023, due to prolonged Covid-19-related disruptions, regional and global economic uncertainty and heightened geopolitical competition, according to a senior aviation official.
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.
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Cambodia’s air cargo volume totalled 38,783 tonnes in the first eight months of 2022, representing a 10.77 per cent fall year-on-year, and a one-fifth drop over the same period in 2019 before the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the aviation regulator reported.