Cambodia’s Techo set to be main international airport next year

TOUCHING down next year in Cambodia is a modern airport that will boast of being the world’s ninth largest. It is set to take over as the South-east Asian country’s key international airport, replacing the longstanding Phnom Penh International Airport.

Built on a 2,600-hectare (ha) plot of land – around the size of 3,700 football fields or roughly two-and-a-half times the land area of Singapore’s Changi Airport – the upcoming Techo International Airport hopes to be Cambodia’s answer to world-class infrastructure, as the once war-torn country takes big steps to woo foreign investors and grow the economy.

“Otherwise, investors will always turn to Singapore first, followed by Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, and Cambodia will each time be at the bottom of the food chain,” said Thierry Tea, vice-president of OCIC Group.