Work is well underway at Phnom Penh’s Techo Takhmao International Airport, 20 kilometres south of the city centre.
Designed by Britain’s Foster + Partners, the terminal building will be the centrepiece of a new airport city.
The terminal building is being designed to resemble a tropical tree
canopy and will comprise a central area for passenger processing and
retail functions, bookended on either side by two curving
aerofoil-shaped wings for departures and arrivals.
The airport is expected to be fully operational by 2025 when a new
highway will connect it to the southern part of Hun Sen boulevard in
Phnom Penh.
The first construction phase is set to handle 13 million passengers a
year, whilst the second phase is set to increase this to 30 million,
rising to 50 million passengers a year in the final stage.
The old airport in Phnom Penh will be used as an airbase for domestic flights, private jets and foreign leaders.