Cambodia records over 3 mln air passengers in H1, up 22 pct: report

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Cambodia registered 3.03 million air travelers during the first half of 2024, up 22 percent from 2.48 million over the same period last year, said a State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report on Saturday.
The report said international and domestic airlines had operated a total of 28,725 flights to the kingdom’s three international airports during the January-June period this year, up 16 percent from 24,725 flights over the same period last year.
State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s Undersecretary of State and spokesperson Sinn Chanserey Vutha is confident that the Chinese-invested Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI), which was put into commercial operation in November 2023, will help attract more international airlines and travelers to Cambodia.
“With a 3,600-meter runway, the SAI is a 4E-level international airport that can handle long-distance flights from across the world,” he told Xinhua.
“We hope the airport will attract new international airlines to operate direct flights to Siem Reap province, the home of the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park,” he said.
The SAI is currently the kingdom’s biggest airport and is the main international gateway to the Angkor Archaeological Park. ■