The Techo International Airport (IATA Code KTI), being constructed by the Cambodia Airport Investment Co., Ltd., planned to launch its operation in the first semester of 2025, said H.E. Mao Havanall, Minister in Charge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation.
Reporting to Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, during his inspection visit to the construction site of this new international airport, H.E. Mao Havanall said the first phase of construction was 66.1 percent completed as of last month and spent some US$961 million of the total investment capital of US$1,500 million.
Addressing the function, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet expressed his profound thanks to all stakeholders including the construction workers who have been committed for this important infrastructure, and encouraged them to further enhance their work and responsibility.
“This (the new airport) is not only a symbol of development, but also provides thousands of direct jobs and supports the tourism and transport sectors, contributing significantly to the national economic growth,” he underlined.
The construction of the main infrastructure of Techo International Airport project was completed as planned. According to H.E. Mao Havannal, the construction of passenger terminals is now 58.6 percent completed, power supply centres 76.8 percent, air field related works 64.4 percent and air traffic control tower 100 percent.
This airport is a public-private partnership between the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation with a 90 percent stake and the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation with the remaining 10 percent.
This is a large-scale international airport level/Class 4F, built over 2,600 hectares of land in Kandal and Takeo provinces. The construction project is divided into three phases – Phase 1 from 2020 to 2030, Phase 2 from 2030 to 2050 and Phase 3 from 2050 onwards.
Techo International Airport in the first phase will be capable of handling a maximum of 13 million passengers and 175,000 tonnes of cargo per year.
Cambodia has currently three international airports, two of which – Phnom Penh International Airport and Sihanoukville International Airport – are under the management of Cambodia Airports, while the Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is managed by Angkor International Airport Investment (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., an affiliate of China’s Yunnan Investment Holdings Ltd.
