Cambodia records 180% rise in air passengers in first 8 months, says aviation report

Cambodia registered 3.4m air travelers during the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 180%, said a report released by the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation on Monday. The report said international and domestic airlines had operated a total of 33,146 flights to the South-East Asian kingdom's three international airports during the January-August period this year, a year-on-year rise of 114%. State Secretariat of Civil Aviation's Undersecretary of State and Spokesman Sinn Chanserey Vutha said Cambodia is forecast to attract around 4.6m air passengers this year, an expected increase from 2.38m last year. "For 2023, we predict that the number of air passengers will be doubled thanks to China's reopening earlier this year, which has injected fresh impetus into the development of the aviation industry," he told Xinhua. According to the report, in contrast to the rise in air passengers, Cambodia saw a 10% drop in air cargo volume to 34,881 tonnes during the first eight months of this year.<br/>