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Mega-airports and a plastic blizzard

Travellers need to be aware of the part they play in preserving – or destroying – the local environment. It’s not just about bared bottoms in sacred sites.

    • Potential white elephants in Asia include Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion “Whoosh” high speed rail, which was launched on Oct 2.
    • Potential white elephants in Asia include Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion “Whoosh” high speed rail, which was launched on Oct 2. PHOTO: AFP

    Vijay Verghese

    Published Fri, Oct 27, 2023 · 09:00 AM

    EVERYONE wants one. Now even tiny Siem Reap – home to Angkor’s majestic jungle-shrouded temples – has a big one.

    The Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport started operation on Oct 16, in one fell swoop catapulting the operation into the largest of its kind in Cambodia.

    Costing US$1.1 billion and financed by a Chinese state-owned company on a 55-year build-operate-transfer (BOT) lease, the new airport is 40 kilometres from the historic ruins. The old airport has been closed. The first phase of the opening allows for narrow-body flights and around seven million passengers annually while the second phase by 2030 will see the introduction of wide-body aircraft such as A350s and B777s with a capacity for 12 million visitors.

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