Travellers to south-western Poland can breathe easier: Wrocław’s Nicolaus Copernicus Airport will restart commercial operations on 5 December after a 40-day closure that began on 26 October. The airport remained dark while crews built a rapid-exit taxiway, expanded aprons and upgraded surfaces to accommodate heavier civilian and military jets.
LOT, Ryanair and Wizz Air rerouted passengers through Katowice and Kraków during the works, while Ryanair used the downtime for aircraft maintenance at its local base. Rail operator PKP Intercity reported a 12 percent spike in seat reservations to and from Wrocław over the period.
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According to airport officials, the modernised infrastructure will double hourly movements and cut taxi-times by up to two minutes, a boon for business travellers on the key Warsaw–Wrocław shuttle. Automatic boarding-pass gates and a sixth security lane have also been installed, bringing claimed peak-hour throughput to 2,000 passengers.
Airlines have loaded schedules from the early-morning bank on 5 December. Mobility managers with assignees in Lower Silesia should reconfirm flight numbers and advise travellers that the first day may see minor teething delays as air-traffic-control calibrations continue.
LOT, Ryanair and Wizz Air rerouted passengers through Katowice and Kraków during the works, while Ryanair used the downtime for aircraft maintenance at its local base. Rail operator PKP Intercity reported a 12 percent spike in seat reservations to and from Wrocław over the period.
According to airport officials, the modernised infrastructure will double hourly movements and cut taxi-times by up to two minutes, a boon for business travellers on the key Warsaw–Wrocław shuttle. Automatic boarding-pass gates and a sixth security lane have also been installed, bringing claimed peak-hour throughput to 2,000 passengers.
Airlines have loaded schedules from the early-morning bank on 5 December. Mobility managers with assignees in Lower Silesia should reconfirm flight numbers and advise travellers that the first day may see minor teething delays as air-traffic-control calibrations continue.
