The first phase of Techo International Airport (IATA Code KTI) construction, located in Kandal and Takeo provinces, is now 75.8 percent completed, H.E Sinn Chansereyvutha, Under-Secretary of State at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), said on Thursday. 'The construction process is proceeded as planned and as of June 1 this year, the construction reached 75.8 percent completed and is scheduled to put into commence commercially within the first semester in 2025,' he said. The figures were unveiled after a site visit, composed of senior officials from SSCA, airlines' representatives, service provider firms, was made on June 6. Managed by Cambodia Airport Investment Co., Ltd., the project is a public-private partnership between Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) with a 90 percent stake and the rest 10 percent stake belonging to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. As a large-scale international airport level/Class 4F, built over 2,600 hectares of land, this airport is divided int o three phases of construction, including Phase 1 from 2020 to 2030, Phase 2 from 2030 to 2050 and Phase 3 from 2050 onwards. KTI in the first phase will be capable of handling a maximum of 13 million passengers and 175,000 tonnes of cargo per year. Once in operation, KTI will replace the Phnom Penh International Airport (PNH). According to SSCA, Cambodia's international airports handled 5.1 million air passengers, a year-on-year 115 percent increase compared to a year before. Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse
