Phnom Penh: The construction of Techo International Airport is now more than 94 percent complete, and the airport is scheduled to be officially inaugurated in July this year under the presidency of Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

According to Agence Kampuchea Presse, the information was shared by Oknha Charles Vann, Director of Cambodia Airport Investment Co. Ltd. (CAIC), at the end of the visit of a high-level delegation from the Australian and Philippine embassies led by their ambassadors, H.E. Derek Yip and H.E. Ms. Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo, to the airport on the afternoon of Feb. 21.

The construction team have been working hard to complete the remaining work so that the airport can be put into official use in July as planned, he said. Besides, Oknha Charles Vann revealed that the Philippine Embassy, through the Philippine Airlines, will cooperate with Cambodia to open an aircraft repair training school at CamTech University.

Located on an area of more than 2,600 hectares in Prek Sleng commune, Kandal Stung district and Takhmao city, Kandal province, and parts of Bati district, Takeo province, the F4-class Techo International Airport can accommodate large aircrafts such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747, and handle up to 13 million passengers per year in the first phase. The second phase, to be completed in 2030, can accommodate approximately 30 million passengers per year; and the final phase, to be finished in 2050, can handle up to 50 million passengers per year.

According to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), Cambodia’s current three international airports recorded 5.65 million passengers in 2024, marking a 39.8 percent increase from 4.04 million in 2023.