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

OCIC Group aims for the upcoming project to be a regional transit hub

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Published Fri, Mar 15, 2024 · 07:30 AM

A rendering of the new Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh that is due to be the ninth-largest in the world when it opens its doors next year. PHOTO: OCIC GROUP
The greenfield airport is built on a plot of land that spans 2,600 hectares. PHOTO: OCIC GROUP
British international architecture firm Foster + Partners is designing the airport. PHOTO: OCIC GROUP

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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.

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