By ELLIE DYER AND NGUON SOVAN
THE PHNOMPENHPOST
AIRPORT management company Société Concessionaire Des Aéroports believes Siem Reap’s existing aerodrome can cope with future traffic demand, despite recently approved plans to build an alternative US$1-billion facility.
The Council for the Development of Cambodia last week announced it had approved investment from South Korean firms Camco Airport Co and Lees A&A Co to build a new airport at the tourist hub.
Provincial and central government officials said that a new facility, set 60 kilometres from the provincial capital, was needed to land large, long-haul planes and to protect historic Angkor Wat.
However, Société Concessionaire Des Aéroports (SCA) – which has a concession to run Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville airports until 2040 – has questioned such claims.
SCA chief executive officer Nicolas Deviller has told the Post that the existing airport – set to handle 1.5 million passengers during 2010 – has an “ultimate capacity” of 6 million to 7 million passengers a year. …read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
1 comment:
This is just Sok An & Croonies' tactics to speculate on their land located in Domdek area and this ficticious so-called new Siemreap Airport would never ever take off at all. Merely land speculation tactics as usual by the Cambodian political leadership without much serious rationale in terms of truthful investment. Besides, the Korean folks involved in this have long been known as also speculators doing money laundering rather than serious long term investment in Cambodia...
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