Battambang airport set to expand for international flights, tourist revival

People picnicking at the defunct Battambang airport which is now being utilised as a food market. - Information Ministry

PHNOM PENH: The long-defunct Battambang Provincial Airport is slated to come back bigger and stronger, as the authorities work not just to reopen the historic facility but to expand it to the “4C” category, making it capable of accepting international fights.

The airport has not been in service for more than three decades.