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In 2015, the airport will be ready Szymany
Marshal of Warmia and Mazury Gustav Marek Brzezin believes that the airport is an opportunity for the development of the region, situated on the outskirts of the Polish and European Union.
– The peripheral makes communicated region is worse than many other regions. This situation a few years improving, constructing new sections of high-speed roads, there are plans to major investment in the railways, but without regional airports will always be perceived as distant and inaccessible region – said the marshal.
He added that this is why the regional authorities “showed a high determination to form in the Warmia and Mazury airport – the only one in the entire north-eastern Poland.” – This will improve the investment attractiveness of the region. I think most of the tourism industry will gain that with the advent of air services will be able to count on new clients – rated Brzezin.
Port Regional Warmia and Mazury formed at the site of the former military airport in Szymany. At the end of the 90s. And in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Landed at the airport during the summer season including passenger planes from Germany. For several years, traffic was stopped at the airport. Today, again the entire infrastructure is built; the cost of construction of an airport is 205 million zł; EU co-financing of the investment is 121 million zł, the remaining amount of the provincial government will do.
This is one of the key investments Regional Operational Programme 2007 -2013 Warmia- Masuria; organizes and supervises the construction of the regional government company “Warmia and Masuria”. The origins of the investment were not easy. The area of the airport since 2008, managed by the company Airport Masuria, in the same year, the company acquired a strategic investor – the European Business Partners Sp. Z oo With 61 per cent. EBP pledged shares to raise capital and restore traffic at the airport. In 2012, the board of the region considered, however, that the company does not warrant the investment of EU airports and start-up, so terminated her contract to lease the land.
After a legal battle when the provincial government took over management of the airport and set up a wholly self-government, which is responsible for the implementation of the project.
As reported its president Leszek Krawczyk construction work at the airport are going according to schedule, and even in some areas far ahead of plans.
Today is ready apron, runway and apron. Soon, navigation lights will be installed in the next year will be painted surface. In the spring, the ILS system will be installed.
According to the construction of the terminal Krawczyk, will host a passenger clearance ready, also goes smoothly adaptation of other buildings – in the old terminal building will be room for airport security services, the building will be pokoszarowym border services and port administration, companies and non-pilots and crews. Are ready to technical road and the fence around the airport.
In the next year, the terminal will be equipped with the necessary equipment and systems for passenger use. Krawczyk as president declares the airport will be ready in late September of 2015. But this does not mean that in the same year will appear in the first passengers. After completion, the airport will be subject to evaluation and certification by the appropriate authorities.
– We assume that the first planes take off in 2016, most likely in the spring. Carriers show the timetable for the summer season from March to October – said Krawczyk. He added that the interest on the part of carriers is Szymany port; details of the cooperation are set.
Airport in Szymany like most regional airports will not be profitable at the very beginning. Regional authorities assume that the first years will has delivered to operating zł 3 million a year.
predicted that the airport will work in 2016 to 110 people, and by 2020 will increase employment to 200 people. Border services and the future support already preparing to work in Szymany.
A spokeswoman for the Warmia-Mazury guard Justin Szubstarska reported that in 2015, among others, in connection with the launch of the airport, fire plans to adopt 141 new officers.
– In the future, they will serve service establishments in Warmia and Mazury, including in Olsztyn. It was Olsztyn facility will be responsible for the organization of the service at the airport Szymany – said a spokeswoman. She added that in Olsztyn is currently about 30 officers, but eventually there will be 60.
To work on airport also prepare students recently launched their post-secondary school. Zbigniew Religa in Olsztyn – the techniques of operation of ports and terminals. She said school director Jolanta Kłoczewska in January for two weeks of practice at the airport in Modlin leaving 18 students this direction. She added that it was the practice at airports students have the opportunity to learn about real situations that they may encounter in their future work. An example of such. About how to react to the presence of suspicious cargo, providing first aid and assistance to passengers with disabilities.
– We hope that our graduates will begin the work not only in Szymany, from our recognition that shortages of service in other airports – Kłoczewska stressed.
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