A major new airport to serve Cambodia's capital and boost tourism is due to open in July
Cambodian workers work inside an under construction of a new airport of Techo International Airport at the outskirts of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
KANDAL, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia expects that its new airport serving the capital will open in July, a project official said Friday, in a major step forward in boosting the country's lucrative tourism sector, whose growth was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Work on Phnom Penh's new airport, officially known as the Techo International Airport, began in 2019, covering an area of 2,600 hectares (6,425 acres) located at the border of Kandal and Takeo provinces, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the capital.
"I think the TIA airport here is going to be launched in the soft opening in July 2025, and we believe that so many passengers are waiting and they really want to come in to see this new airport," said Charles Vann, director of the airport's project steering committee, during a media tour.
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