New hub in Poland (?) [CPK discussion]
Sep 23, 2017, 7:20 am
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New hub in Poland (?) [CPK discussion]
Not strictly related to the usual topics but, as our Poland-based FTers are most certainly already aware of, it seems that the Polish government will soon give the go-ahead to the construction of a new airport, which would become the main hub in the Country. The exact location is Baranów, roughly 20 miles west of Warsaw and about an hour away from the second largest Polish city, Łódź.
The plan in question is being backed by LOT as this will allow the WAW-based carrier to further expand.
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The plan in question is being backed by LOT as this will allow the WAW-based carrier to further expand.
Link in EN.
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Sep 25, 2017, 6:26 am
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Sep 25, 2017, 7:48 am
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Sep 25, 2017, 8:10 am
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...which would be a bargain as far as new-build major airports go. Hopefully they'd adopt a modular design for easy expansion and to handle future demand growth, runways as well as terminal buildings.
Sep 25, 2017, 8:19 am
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Because after the investments made prior to the 2012 Euro WAW is just fine for a 10-15 million per year airport. Remember LO was about to go down if it wasn't for the cheaper oil recently. It would be extremely unwise for Poland to build such a major greenfield airport....
Sep 25, 2017, 8:35 am
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Sep 25, 2017, 9:51 am
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Because after the investments made prior to the 2012 Euro WAW is just fine for a 10-15 million per year airport. Remember LO was about to go down if it wasn't for the cheaper oil recently. It would be extremely unwise for Poland to build such a major greenfield airport....
I'm not an expert on this by any means but it seems those investments made have simply not been scalable.
Sep 25, 2017, 4:22 pm
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It seems like a massive waste of taxpayer money. If WAW is reaching capacity at certain times of the day, then move more of the LCCs and holiday charter carriers over to Modlin.
Sep 25, 2017, 4:58 pm
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Sep 25, 2017, 11:19 pm
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Make it more economical for them to use Modlin over Chopin. Seems cheaper than spending over $10 billion for a completely new airport. Heck, there's plenty of space there to construct a new terminal. Even construct a rail link from the airport to the track lines that run through the Modlin rail station.