Phnom Penh to get new $23m domestic airport terminal

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Phnom Penh to get new $23m domestic airport terminal

PHNOM PENH: The Cambodia Daily reported that a Malaysian company will begin construction on a new domestic terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport soon, at a cost of about $23 million, citing the firm's announcement in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on Wednesday.

The filing submitted by Muhibbah Engineering says that the project “to design and construct a new domestic terminal of the Phnom Penh Airport in Cambodia” will commence “immediately” and wrap up by the end of 2017, citing a rapid increase in passengers transiting through Cambodia’s thre international airports.

Muhibbah has a 30 percent stake in Cambodia Airports—which holds the concession to operate the Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville airports—with French construction company Vinci holding the remaining 70 percent. New international terminals were officially opened in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap last month, built at a combined cost of $100 million.

A total of 353,948 domestic passengers passed through the Phnom Penh airport in 2015, according to Cambodia Airports, compared to 239,101 the year before. And 101,318 domestic passengers transited through the airport in the first three months of this year, putting it on track to exceed last year’s total.

Sin Chansereivuth, a spokesman for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said the new domestic terminal would alleviate congestion at the international terminal.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/159695

-- Thai PBS 2016-04-16