New £25billion mega airport opening in Europe to ‘take on Heathrow and Dubai’ with 65milllion passengers
AN AMBITIOUS mega airport in Poland is one step closer to opening.
Warsaw Solidarity Airport in Poland is set to open by 2032 and is will see millions of passengers per year ‘taking on Heathrow and Dubai.’
Poland’s new mega airport has revealed plans to welcome long-haul flights to become a hub airport.
CPK will transform the airport with Foster + Partners and Buro Happold-designed new airport, highway upgrades, and 2,000km of high-speed rail.
The designs were revealed in 2023 showing off a huge terminal, and now the companies are seeking a contractor to build it.
Bidding for the airport terminal contract will close on 29 August, with signing expected in 2026.
Any contractors wanting to take on the enormous project must show an annual turnover exceeding $1 billion (over £700 million) in each of the last four years.
They must also have relevant experience in the aviation sector, and be Polish speaking.
Grant Brooker, head of studio at Foster + Partners told Notes from Poland: “We believe the CPK [the airport] will completely change the way people travel around Poland, and will also become a new gateway to Europe and the rest of the world.”
Initially, Warsaw Solidarity Airport was being built to replace Warsaw Chopin Airport because it was nearing capacity.
But the huge new airport will instead complement the existing one.
Warsaw Solidarity Airport will be 24 miles outside of Warsaw, and it will mean that all major Polish cities will be no more than two and a half hours away.
The estimated cost is £25 billion and it will see millions of passengers through its doors every year.
Warsaw Solidarity Airport’s main terminal will initially accommodate 34 million passengers a year – that’s 11,000 passengers per hour.
But if there’s a particularly busy season, the terminal could manage 44 million without disrupting operations, according to Global Construction Review.
The designs are in the final stages with previous changes being made to the roof, walkways, waiting areas and the bus station, to improve passenger comfort.
A third runway, and other terminal extensions, will see passenger numbers increase to 65 million by 2060.
The airport is due to open in 2032.
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