Air cargo faring better than tourism in Cambodia, but still down 20%

A cargo plane taxiing on the runway after landing at Phnom Penh International Airport last year. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Cambodia’s air cargo volume totalled 38,783 tonnes in the first eight months of 2022, representing a 10.77 per cent fall year-on-year, and a one-fifth drop over the same period in 2019 before the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the aviation regulator reported.

The decline is largely blamed on prolonged Covid-19 disruptions that have kept some countries from fully lifting restrictions, heightened oil prices linked to Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine, and an escalation of political tensions surrounding Taiwan, Logistics and Supply Chain Business Association in Cambodia (Loscba) president Chea Chandara told The Post on September 18.