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THE POLISH AIR HUB

J. Blachut

Abstract

Modern airports and their surroundings are constantly changing, as does the form and functions of contemporary cities. So far, the public awareness associated airports with the place of plane landing, functioning of control towers and other facilities used for air transport. Currently, this traditional model gives way to the idea of the so-called air cities. This idea is based on the assumption that in addition to own infrastructure and services, the airport also develops additional services, not related to air, which are a source of revenue for the airport. At the same time, the scope and impact on the economy of the areas around the airport is developed and expanded. Based on this idea the Polish government started the process of creating a new airport, Central Communication Port, i.e. the Solidarity Port, is to be the investment that will be the best communicated place on the map of Poland in the project assumptions. The target location has been revealed in recent months. The new airport HUB and the railway junction will be built in the Baranów municipality, about 40 km west of Warsaw – soon the Polish government is to adopt the CPL concept. Within 10 years, a new airport, a railway station and a node for High Speed Railways and expressways connecting the new investment with road infrastructure in Poland are to be built. At the beginning, the concept predicts two runways, and ultimately there will be four. The total area planned for the investment is 3 thousand hectares. Initially, the capacity is planned at 45 million passenger per year. Current calculations are based on the 2010 data projection. A new analysis is currently being prepared, the completion of which is planned for mid-2018 to establish the final investment limits. Conceptual work is underway to resolve the main terminal for passenger check-ins. Two concepts are present in the discussions. The first one assumes the airport railway. It is used not only on expanding airports, but also on some of the most modern ones. This solution is more flexible and therefore cheaper, on the other hand, it extends the time of unproductive loss of passengers. On the other pole are terminals built in a concentric way, resembling a starfish. This solution is less flexible, more expensive, but more convenient for passengers.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018/5.2/S20.067

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