New Central Polish Airport to open in 2028; gets master plan approval to 2060
Slowly but surely the Central Polish Airport is taking shape - or the 'Solidarity Hub' as it is also known, in a hark back to the 1980s trade union that played a major role in the downfall of socialism in Poland.
The government recently authorised a master plan, by which it would open in 2028 with a capacity of 40mppa, scalable to 65mppa. That is a large number by Poland's standards - there were only 49 million passengers in the entire country in 2019.
And there are other issues, such as military demands - the world has changed for the worse since the airport was originally conceived - and the impact on several other, existing airports, which have been befriended in their cause by Ryanair.
But even though a spade hasn't been turned yet, this airport will be watched closely to see if it can achieve its original aims of being a 'national' airport, accessible from just about anywhere in the country by rail.
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