Siem Reaps's airport takes off with improvement plans

SIEM REAP International Airport is pressing ahead with its improvement plan as traffic figures in the first seven months point to signs of recovery.

  18/08/2010 16:44
Airport manager Etienne Lefort said passenger traffic between January and July rose 27 per cent year-on-year. "The statistics beat our forecast and we are at the level of 2008 when the crisis did not hit as hard as it did in 2009."

Should this upward trend continue, overall passenger traffic is expected to reach 1.5 million or more by year-end. The airport's record year was 2007 when passenger traffic reached 1.8 million.

Despite last year's crisis, Lefort said the airport's operator, Société Concessionnaire des Aéroports (SCA), continued investing as it anticipated future growth.

Last year, SCA invested in a new landing system to allow aircraft to land even during adverse weather conditions. It also re-opened a refurbished domestic terminal.

From now till 2011, SCA will implement a facelift of the airport's international boarding lounge, add two boarding gates in an extended 1,000m² area, add a new VIP terminal and improve aeronautical capacity. (Sources: Sirima Eamtako, Siem Reap, TTGAsia)  
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