Luxury new international airport ‘to be operational by mid-2021’

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The $3.5 billion China-built Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is scheduled to be operational in mid-2021, close to three years after work started, according to a report from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). It will be able to handle long-haul aircraft such as Boeing 777s and the Airbus A340. During a site inspection of the construction earlier this week, the SSCA’s technical working group said by the end of 2020 or early 2021 it will fully complete flight validation.

 

The report added that on March 20 next year the company will complete acceptance of the construction and conduct a flight test the following day. It noted the construction company, Tianjin-based Union Development Group, will send the completed building documents to the SSCA by May 30 and, by mid-2021, the company will request the SSCA to service and operate the airport.

 

On the airside, the apron is currently 90 percent complete, the 3,200-metre main runway is 99 percent ready, side strips are 90 percent finished, markings are 100 percent complete, the taxiway is 99 percent operational, drainage systems are 90 percent ready, navigation aids such as lighting systems have reached 60 percent completion and navigational aid equipment such as the Doppler VHF Omni Directional Range (DVOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) is already in the process of being installed.

 

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[NanLaew]

From the linked news article.

 

“Phnom Penh International Airport is the hub and transit for business activities, investment and tourism, but Dara Sakor International Airport is principally for tourists and charter or special flights,” he said. “It will serve high class tourists,” he added, principally travelling on to Dara Sakor Resort. The resort is arguably the largest of its kind in the world. Development started in 2008 with the target of developing as much as 20 percent of Cambodia’s coastline.

 

The project covers 360 square kilometres of land – more than half the size of Singapore – and includes parts of the Botum Sakor National Park. It has a 99-year lease signed in April 2008.

 

The mega-complex has a port for cruise ships, international golf courses, a casino, apartment buildings and hotels."

 

Where on earth will the Pattaya exiles move to next?

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, NanLaew said:

From the linked news article.

 

“Phnom Penh International Airport is the hub and transit for business activities, investment and tourism, but Dara Sakor International Airport is principally for tourists and charter or special flights,” he said. “It will serve high class tourists,” he added, principally travelling on to Dara Sakor Resort. The resort is arguably the largest of its kind in the world. Development started in 2008 with the target of developing as much as 20 percent of Cambodia’s coastline.

 

The project covers 360 square kilometres of land – more than half the size of Singapore – and includes parts of the Botum Sakor National Park. It has a 99-year lease signed in April 2008.

 

The mega-complex has a port for cruise ships, international golf courses, a casino, apartment buildings and hotels."

 

Where on earth will the Pattaya exiles move to next?

No need to move - this complex is way down in the South West corner of Cambodia, not far from the border with Rayong Province in Thailand. It will have no effect on places such as Siem Reap and Battambang (in the North West), Phnom Penh, Kratie and many other towns throughout the rest of the country which are many miles distant. The so called "high class tourists" will no doubt be gamblers!!

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1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

No need to move - this complex is way down in the South West corner of Cambodia, not far from the border with Rayong Province in Thailand. It will have no effect on places such as Siem Reap and Battambang (in the North West), Phnom Penh, Kratie and many other towns throughout the rest of the country which are many miles distant. The so called "high class tourists" will no doubt be gamblers!!

I think you mean Trat Province