Government Approves Final Master Plan of the New Phnom Penh International Airport

The Secretariat of Civil Aviation yesterday signed the final master plan of a new US$ 1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport on 03 July 2020, according to the official Facebook of the Secretariat of Civil Aviation.

The final master plan was signed between the Minister of the Secretariat of Civil Aviation HE Mao Havannal, and OCIC Chairman Neak Oknha Pung Keav Se.

“The new Phnom Penh International Airport is a world-class airport. We can say that it is the ninth-largest airport in the world,” said the minister at the signing ceremony.

The new Phnom Penh International Airport is a mega-development project in Cambodia, located on an area of 2,600 hectares in Prek Khiev commune, Kandal Stung district, Kandal province. The project is an investment by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Company (OCIC), worth approximately US$1.5 billion, and is divided into three phases. (Read more)

To date, the project is around 30% complete and the first phase is expected to be finished in 2023, attracting around 13 million tourists each year. (Read more)

On 22 June 2020, Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen conducted an official inspection of the construction of the new project and confirmed that progress on construction is going smoothly despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (Read more)

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