The new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport, as seen on January 9. PHOTO SUPPLIED
The $1.1 billion Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport remains on track to open in mid-October, with the main work on the initial phase having passed the 98 per cent mark last month, according to State Secretariat of Civil Aviation undersecretary of state and official spokesman Sinn Chanserey Vutha on July 9.
Breaking ground in March 2020, the airport (ICAO-Code: VDSA; IATA-Code: SAI) is being developed by Angkor International Airport Investment (Cambodia) Co Ltd (AIAI) on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis on a 700.06ha plot, with about 1,000ha set aside for “Airport City”, which will reportedly comprise industrial or special economic zones.
AIAI disclosed that the gross investment figure had been revised up to $1.100 billion in 2022 from $880 million in 2019. According to earlier accounts, the latter amount had been earmarked for all phases…
