(21 Mar 2025)
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Kandal Province, Cambodia – 21 March 2025
1. Exterior of terminal building of new Techo International Airport
2. Side view of terminal building
3. Khmer statues outside terminal building
4. Various of workers inside hall
5. Various of control tower seen through window
6. Various of work continuing inside terminal building
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Vann, Director of Airport Project Steering Committee
“I think the TIA (Techo International Airport) Airport here is going to be launched in a soft opening in July 2025 and we believe that so many passengers are waiting, and they really want to come to see this new airport.”
8. Wide of area under development
9. Wide of terminal building
STORYLINE:
Cambodia expects to open a new airport to serve the capital Phnom Penh in July this year, a major step forward in boosting its lucrative tourism sector, whose growth was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Work on Phnom Penh’s new airport, officially known as the Techo International Airport, began in 2019. It covers an area of 2,600 hectares (6,425 acres) and is located at the border of Kandal and Takeo provinces, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the capital.
“I think the TIA (Techo International Airport) Airport here is going to be launched in a soft opening in July 2025," said Charles Vann, director of the airport’s project steering committee, during a press tour on Friday.
"We believe that so many passengers are waiting, and they really want to come to see this new airport," he added.
The new airport is a $1.5 billion joint venture between the Cambodian government and the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp. It’s being built by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
The architects for the airport are the British firm Foster + Partners, whose website says its “design embodies a strong sense of place" and is "responsive to the tropical climate.” The terminal building sits under what is described as a single overarching roof canopy that is a lightweight steel grid shell, “with an innovative screen that filters daylight and illuminates the vast terminal space.”
Construction is being undertaken in three phases. Initially, the airport is expected to be capable of handling up to 13 million passengers a year, with capacity increased up to 30 million passengers after 2030, and then up to 50 million passengers in 2050.
It will be the second major airport in Cambodia to open in the space of two years. In 2023, the Chinese-financed Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport began operations in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex, the country’s major tourist attraction.
Tourism is one of the main pillars supporting Cambodia’s economy. According to the Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia received around 6.7 million international tourists in 2024, a 23% increase over 2023.
AP Video by Cheang Sopheng and Heng Sinith
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