Cambodia has reported a total of 3.04 million air passengers in the first five months of 2025, a year-on-year rise of 18 percent, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Sinn Chanserey Vutha, who is also a secretary of state for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said international and domestic airlines had operated a total of 27,670 flights to the kingdom’s three international airports during the January-May period this year, up 14 percent compared to the same period last year.
He added that the country also recorded a 5-percent increase in air cargo volume to 29,019 tonnes.
Chanserey Vutha said Cambodia is projected to receive 7.5 million air passengers in 2025, with an expected increase of 20 percent over 2024.
He was confident that the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI), which was put into official use in November 2023, and the Techo International Airport, which is scheduled to open to official operation in September 2025, would help attract more international airlines and passengers to Cambodia.
“The two new international airports are capable of handling the landing of almost all kinds of aircraft from across the world, so I believe they will be able to attract more reputable international airlines to operate direct flights to Cambodia,” he told Xinhua recently. Xinhua
