The Laotian government has allowed an independent contracting firm to conduct a feasibility study for a new international airport to replace Vientiane’s Wattay airport as flights into the small Asia nation increase.
“That is why the government is seriously thinking of building a new one in a more suitable location. We studied all the options and concluded that Wattay cannot cater adequately to the long term economic growth of Vientiane,” he was quoted by the Lao news agency (KPL) as saying.