66.1% of work on Chinese-built new airport for Phnom Penh completed: PM

Work on the 4F-class airport, which is the world's highest class, began in June 2020. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

KANDAL: Some 66.1 per cent of the construction work on a Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport, officially known as the Techo International Airport, has been completed so far, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Tuesday (March 12).

Invested by the Cambodia Airport Investment Co, Ltd, the US$1.5-billion airport was being constructed by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co Ltd. on an area of 2,600 hectares, about 20km from the capital Phnom Penh.