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Sep 27, 2013 (newstodate): Officially opened on July 16, 2012, Poland's new Modlin Airport came off to a difficult start.
Located 40 km from Warsaw and dedicated to serving low-cost operators, the airport expected to be handling up to two mio passengers in its first year of operations, with Ryanair and Wizz Air among its first customers.
The airport soon ran into problems, however, as the runway was closed after being shortened from 2,500 to 1,500 m due to surface problems that needed immediate action.
This forced the carriers to stay at Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Now, after prolonged negotiations, Ryanair has decided to come back to Modlin Airport under a 10-year agreement that will see the opening of new routes from summer 2014 as well as increased frequencies on eight out of the 28 routes now operated from Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Ryanair is also to launch serviced on its first Polish domestic routes from Warsaw Modlin with links to Gdansk and Wroclaw starting from March 14, 2014.
Wizz Air has, however, decided to stay at Warsaw Chopin Airport where it will base one more aircraft to increase frequencies on existing routes and open up new destinations.
Located 40 km from Warsaw and dedicated to serving low-cost operators, the airport expected to be handling up to two mio passengers in its first year of operations, with Ryanair and Wizz Air among its first customers.
The airport soon ran into problems, however, as the runway was closed after being shortened from 2,500 to 1,500 m due to surface problems that needed immediate action.
This forced the carriers to stay at Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Now, after prolonged negotiations, Ryanair has decided to come back to Modlin Airport under a 10-year agreement that will see the opening of new routes from summer 2014 as well as increased frequencies on eight out of the 28 routes now operated from Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Ryanair is also to launch serviced on its first Polish domestic routes from Warsaw Modlin with links to Gdansk and Wroclaw starting from March 14, 2014.
Wizz Air has, however, decided to stay at Warsaw Chopin Airport where it will base one more aircraft to increase frequencies on existing routes and open up new destinations.