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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
Sihanoukville International Airport (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV), located 15 km east of Sihanoukville, is Cambodia's third international airport. The airport is also known as Kang Keng Airport. The IATA code KOS dates from Sihanoukville's former name Kompong Som.
However, the airport's only scheduled service, between Siem Reap
and Sihanoukville on PMT Air, has been suspended after a fatal crash in
June 2007. The runway is being extended and international flights may
be offered by the end of 2007.
The airfield was originally constructed in the 1960s with assistance
from the Soviet Union. After a long period of dormancy during and after
the Khmer Rouge era, the airport formally reopened on January 15, 2007.
The airport's runway is being extended to 2,200 meters, which will
allow it to accommodate jet airplanes such as the Boeing 737.
The airport would give visitors a direct link between the northern
tourist hub of Siem Reap, home to the famous Angkor Wat temple complex,
and Cambodia 's southern beaches.
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