Phnom Penh (FN), June 7 - Responding to news of the cancellation of the construction of the new airport in Kandal Province, Cambodian Civil Aviation Senior Official denied the false information published on social media and confirmed that the airport project requires time to conduct in-depth study.

Sin Chansereyvutha, spokesman for the State Secretariat for Civil Aviation said Thursday that information received by an investment partner indicated that the construction of the new airport will not delay until 2025, and can be in 2019.

"If there is no major obstacles, the first phase of the project will start in 2019," said Sin Chansereyvutha.

The new airport project was announced in January 11, 2018 during a signing ceremony of investment project between Pung Khiev Se’s Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC), and Chinese company, presided over by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Cambodia will construct a new airport on a 2,600 hectares plot of land in Takhmao city, Kandal province, according to the letter of Council of Ministers (CoM) in January.

The new 4F type airport, capable of accommodating Airbus A380-800 and Boeing 747-800, will cost around $1.5 million, in which $1.1 million is the loan from foreign bank, and $280 million is the investment of OCIC Company; the rest 10% is from the government.
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