Polish hub airport project to be audited as chief and several managers are dismissed

Poland’s new central hub airport project has run into management turbulence, with the president of the board being dismissed along with several members of the management team. The upheaval comes a month after a change in the Polish government in the wake of parliamentary elections, with an audit of the project planned following concerns over spending decisions. Project organiser Centralny Port Komunikacyjny’s supervisory board says it dismissed president Mikolaj Wild as well as Radoslaw Kantak, the rail investment member, on 19 January. The head of financial matters, Andrzej Alot, remains on the CPK board. This upheaval followed an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 17 January, during which several supervisory board members were dismissed by new Polish secretary of state for development funds and regional policy Maciej Lasek. Lasek, a former chair of Poland’s air accident investigation commission, is the government’s representative at CPK, which was set up to direct the creation of the new hub airport to be located between Warsaw and Lodz. The airport is intended to be a multimodal transport centre connecting air, rail and road. According to the ministry for development funds and regional policy, the board changes are intended to “improve co-operation” on the project “as well as its verification”.<br/>