Warsaw’s Modlin Airport to reopen on 16 January?
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
07.01.2013 13:03
Warsaw’s Modlin Airport says they could be open for business on 16 January, after the runway was closed over the Christmas period, causing travel chaos to thousands of passengers.
Photo courtesy of Modlin Airport, http://www.modlinairport.pl
Modlin - which opened last summer to take much of the low-cost airline traffic previously handled by Warsaw Chopin international airport – is awaiting approval from the Regional Building Inspectorate on the reconstruction of the damaged runway, which ended on Friday, after cracks appeared on the airstrip just months after the airport opened.
Modlin airport spokeswoman, Edyta Mikołaj has said that “we are anxious to restart operations at the airport as soon as possible. If the Building Control Inspectorate confirm opinions given to us by other experts, then we will be able to reopen for business.”
Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryan Air were forced to redirected traffic to Chopin International Airport during the holiday season.
Mikolaj said Modlin has suffered daily losses amounting to around $47,000 during the airport closure. (vj/pg)
source: IAR/PAP