Transport infrastructure and facilities

Thai Airways International Plc has ordered 12 new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, eight of them on lease. The first aircraft is scheduled to arrive in August and is expected to replace an old plane on the Bangkok-Melbourne route. The Airbus A350 XWB is a mid-size long-range commercial ...

The European Commission is planning to start negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on an aviation agreement soon, having received a mandate from EU transport ministers earlier this week. The EU is hoping to create new airline routes and new business opportunities for European ...

Timber magnate Try Pheap signed off on a $300 million seaport project with industry heavyweight Hutchison Port Holdings on 30 May, according to Kep provincial governor Ken Sotha. “The two companies held the signing ceremony in Cambodia’s Kep province, but the international port is going to be ...

Weeks of delayed imports have been cleared through Yangon’s ports in the last few days after customs offices opened 24 hours a day to tackle a growing backlog of trade, but empty containers continue to stack up. As a temporary solution, the Customs Department has prioritised ...

Vientiane authorities have stressed the need for a new highway that would run parallel to KaysonePhomvihane Road in a move to minimise traffic congestion in the capital. The capital’s mayor DrSinlavongKhoutphaythoune put the plan to the Vientiane People’s Council last week, saying that without a new ...

Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc, a subsidiary of BTS Group Holding Plc, which runs the skytrain in Bangkok, has signed a contract to buy 46 new trains worth 11 billion baht from Siemens AG and CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, says BTS Group chairman Keeree Kanjanapas. ...

Regularly scheduled direct flights between Cambodia and Russia proposed by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week in Moscow might land in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, an official said on 23 May. “In the meeting, the Russian prime minister pushed for a direct flight from Russia ...

A Tender for private companies to work on a US$2.2 billion upgrade of the railway linking Myanmar’s two largest cities will be called at the end of this year, an official said on 23 May. Work on the Yangon-Mandalay railway, led by the Japan International Cooperation ...

Thousands hectares of forest in the central highlands province of Kon Tum, Vietnam are facing extinction as the local authorities are determined to construct a road that seems of little benefit to travellers. The road project, invested by the provincial Department of Transport, was started since ...

Royal Railways is conducting a feasibility study on a rail line that would whisk passengers from the center of Phnom Penh to the airport in less than 15 minutes, the company’s CEO said on 11 May. Mr. Guiry said, “no eviction” would be necessary to ...