Why Poland is planning Europe’s biggest airport
The village of Baranow, Poland, is a bucolic place, with little more than a general store, a school named after Pope John Paul II, and a church whose spire juts above groves of trees. Rafal Milczarski wants to see it bulldozed and filled with screaming jetliners. The CE of LOT Polish Airlines says his company and his country need a modern airline hub to serve Warsaw, 40 kilometers to the east. The US$19b project, which would be 15 minutes from Warsaw’s central station by train, is key to LOT’s ambitions to triple passenger traffic and boost long-haul service to Asia and the Americas. Construction is slated to begin in 2021, after the govt acquires the land in Baranow and nearby towns, and flights will begin in 2027. Further phases would add more runways and terminals, increasing capacity to 100m passengers a year. <br/>
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Why Poland is planning Europe’s biggest airport
The village of Baranow, Poland, is a bucolic place, with little more than a general store, a school named after Pope John Paul II, and a church whose spire juts above groves of trees. Rafal Milczarski wants to see it bulldozed and filled with screaming jetliners. The CE of LOT Polish Airlines says his company and his country need a modern airline hub to serve Warsaw, 40 kilometers to the east. The US$19b project, which would be 15 minutes from Warsaw’s central station by train, is key to LOT’s ambitions to triple passenger traffic and boost long-haul service to Asia and the Americas. Construction is slated to begin in 2021, after the govt acquires the land in Baranow and nearby towns, and flights will begin in 2027. Further phases would add more runways and terminals, increasing capacity to 100m passengers a year. <br/>
