Cambodian airports handle over 10 million passengers
Cambodia’s three international airports recorded 10.6 million passengers in 2018, according to VINCI Airports, the French-owned company operating international airports in Cambodia.
The Phnom Penh International Airport (Photo: www.ttrweekly.com)
Phnom Penh (VNA) –🌼Cambodia’s three international airports recorded 10.6 million passengers in2018, according to VINCI Airports, the French-owned company operatinginternational airports in Cambodia.
Passenger traffic movingthrough Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville airports grew by 20.1 percentyear-on-year. Cambodian airports hit the 10million-passenger milestone on 18 December for the first time, according toparent company VINCI Airports’ CEO Eric Delobel. Connectivity and synergiesbetween the three airports have significantly contributed to bringing in more andmore passengers to Cambodia, he said. VINCI Airports, which has runthe country’s international airports since 1995, through its subsidiaryCambodia Airports, said passenger traffic doubled over the last five years. The company reported it hasinitiated an ambitious investment programme and contributed to themodernisation and expansion of Phnom Penh airport’s runway to support theincrease in passengers. Cambodia Airportscommunications and public relations director Khek Norinda affirmed that theattractiveness of Cambodia as a destination for leisure and business was thekey driver for air traffic demand. He noted it is the result of thecountry’s strategy for route development and for connecting three airports tomore destinations. In its annual report VINCIAirports said there is an upsurge in demand of visitors from China andThailand, as eight new routes were opened. Growth was especially brisk inPhnom Penh, with a rise of 27.9 percent, whichcleared the 5-million passenger milestone to reach 5.4 million in 2018. Siem Reap InternationalAirport saw a slimmer 6.4 percent year-on-year increase with passenger trafficreaching 4.48 million. Meanwhile, Sihanoukville International Airport saw thebiggest increase in passenger traffic, with traffic growing 92.6 percent lastyear to reach 651,000.-VNA
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The Phnom Penh International Airport (Photo: www.ttrweekly.com) 
