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Dec 09, 2015 (newstodate): In January 2016, Poland will open its latest new airport Olsztyn-Mazury International Airport, in the Masurian region.
The opening concludes a comprehensive reconstruction program including the building of a new terminal, renovation of the existing 2,500m Category I runway, implementation of a new runway lighting system, and a control tower.
With this new infrastructure, the airport will have the capacity of serving one mio passengers annually.
First airline to operate at the airport will be the Polish carrier SprintAir, starting flights on January 21, 2016, to Krakow and Berlin with a SAAB 340A aircraft.
From April 2016, the airport expects to add also flights by low-cost airlines with routes to London, Dublin, Oslo, Eindhoven, and Paris.
The new airport will compete with Russia's near-by Kaliningrad Khabrovo Airport in attracting Russians across the border for boarding of flights to its coming new destinations network.
Olsztyn-Mazury International Airport was inoperative for years after being constructed in the 1950'ies as a military air force base, but it achieved some dubious fame in 2005 when reports emerged of involvement in CIA prisoner activities.
The opening concludes a comprehensive reconstruction program including the building of a new terminal, renovation of the existing 2,500m Category I runway, implementation of a new runway lighting system, and a control tower.
With this new infrastructure, the airport will have the capacity of serving one mio passengers annually.
First airline to operate at the airport will be the Polish carrier SprintAir, starting flights on January 21, 2016, to Krakow and Berlin with a SAAB 340A aircraft.
From April 2016, the airport expects to add also flights by low-cost airlines with routes to London, Dublin, Oslo, Eindhoven, and Paris.
The new airport will compete with Russia's near-by Kaliningrad Khabrovo Airport in attracting Russians across the border for boarding of flights to its coming new destinations network.
Olsztyn-Mazury International Airport was inoperative for years after being constructed in the 1950'ies as a military air force base, but it achieved some dubious fame in 2005 when reports emerged of involvement in CIA prisoner activities.