Growing Frederic Chopin
Airport
Polish Airports, the state
entity that runs three of the country’s main airports and has stakes
in more than a half dozen others said in 2005, Warsaw Frederic Chopin
Airport, handled 44,000 tons of cargo, an increase of 8% over 2004’s
41,000 tons.
According to Polish Airports' 2005 annual
report, apparently the latest data available, Warsaw’s international
cargo traffic was flat at 39,000 tons, while domestic cargo traffic rose
216% to almost 5,000 tons.
Warsaw Airport with its expansive beautiful
new Terminal C , marked a 6% increase in total aircraft movements to 134,000
in 2005, and a 16% increase in total passengers to more than 7 million.
The group of 11 airports saw a 30% increase in passengers in 2005 to about
12 million, mainly attributable to Poland’s accession to the European
Union and the subsequent inter-European airline industry liberalization.
Poland became a full member of the E.U. in 2004.
Polish Airports forecasts Warsaw will handle
around 10 million passengers by 2010.
The 2005 Polish Airports said the company’s
total cargo volume handled at the 11 airports covered was 56,000 tons
in 2005, an increase of 8%. Other leading cargo airports were Katowice
with a 12% increase to 6,000 tons and Gdansk with 3,000 tons, a 13% increase
over 2004 levels.
George Frey
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