Phnom Penh Airport Accelerates Green Operations, Commissions Environmentally-Friendly Equipment

• 25 May 2021
• Local News
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New systems supplying power and air conditioning to aircraft on ground replace fossil fuelled equipment and cut further CO2 emissions and noise pollution.

Following its strong stance to sustainable operations, Phnom Penh international airport – a member of the VINCI Airports network – has installed Fixed Electrical Ground Power (FEGP) units and Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) units to cater to aircraft at parking bays. The new systems, fixed under the passengers boarding bridges, allow the aircraft to directly get electricity and air conditioning from the airport facilities.

Previously, auxiliary power units (APU) have been the main source of power for idled airplanes. The switch to FEGP and PCA aims at substantially reducing the use of APUs, which are noisy jet-fuel mini reactors that emit CO2, and other local pollutants, curbing operational efficiency on the apron.

The commissioning of the new technologies demonstrates VINCI Airports’ strong commitment to fight climate change through its global environmental strategy, AirPact. Part of it was Cambodia’s 3 international airports being awarded last October of the Airport Carbon Accreditation – Level 2, the only voluntary global program for greenhouse gas emissions reductions at airports launched in 2009 on the initiative of the Airports Council International (ACI). (Read more)

“Despite this unprecedented crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, our network of airports continues engaging and investing in long-term initiatives that foster green development. We want our actions to not only benefit the airport stakeholders but also wider communities. Having airlines and the Cambodian civil aviation agency joined this scheme is also instrumental to its success and we want to extend our appreciation to those key partners,” says Hervé BONIN, General Manager of Phnom Penh International Airport.

About Cambodia Airports:
Under a public-private partnership signed with the Royal Government of Cambodia in 1995, Cambodia Airports holds the concession for the development and management of Cambodia’s network of international airports serving the capital city of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Angkor Archeological Complex, and the port city and beach resort of Sihanoukville. The shareholders of Cambodia Airports are France’s VINCI Airports (70%) and Muhibbah Masteron Cambodia (30%), a Malaysian-Cambodian joint venture. In 2019, all 3 platforms served 55+ destinations and welcome 700 regular flights per week.

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