Local airline partners boost domestic passenger growth across all three airports
This June saw overall passenger rates up by nearly 25% from last year.
Phnom Penh International Airport continues to welcome ever-increasing rates of passengers, with nearly a half million people traveling through the capital in June alone. The airport experienced a 25% boost in domestic travelers this past month, thanks to the strong performance of local airline partners Lanmei Airlines, JC Airlines and Cambodia Airways, whose year-on-year passenger rates through Phnom Penh have increased by 260%, 131%, and 61%, respectively.
While Siem Reap saw an overall decrease in traffic, with -7.8% fewer passengers this June compared to last, its domestic tourism rates increased by 12%, in part encouraged by Lanmei Airlines’ 287% year-on-year increase in passengers to the city.
Sihanoukville has, once again, proven to grow the most compared to last year, with an overall passenger increase of 386% this June. While the city did welcome a 150% boost in domestic tourists, again driven by local airlines’ performance, the city’s airport was the only one of Cambodia’s three airports to see greater growth among its international than its domestic passengers – welcoming an astonishing 453% increase compared to June 2018.