A HUGE airport that is set to become a central hub in Poland in the next six years has been renamed.
Work is still yet to begin on the major airport that was originally called Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, or CPK.
Last week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the previous name for the country’s upcoming airport, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, will no longer be used.
He said: “We won’t be using a name that our predecessors discredited,” adding that the planned new airport is intended to serve as “the largest hub in this part of Europe.”
Instead, the airport will be referred to and renamed as Port Polska.
Mr Tusk added: “Everyone who lands there, everyone who uses this airport, everyone who shops there should know: yes—this is the heart of Europe, yes—this is Port Polska.”
The airport hub has been in the planning stages for many years with work set to begin in 2026 with the first stage of completion set for 2032.
The Polish government estimates put the total cost of the Port Polska project, including the airport and associated rail links, at around PLN 131 billion (£27billion).
The enormous hub will be built in Baranów which is about 25 miles from Warsaw where the current biggest airport in the country is; Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Eventually, Warsaw Chopin Airport will be replaced by Port Polska.
The 450,000sqm airport will have just two runways at first – a third will open by 2045, with plans for long-haul flights.
Inside, the passenger terminal will operate across three levels. On level two will be ticket and baggage check-in, security control, arrivals and departures for the Schengen zone.
Level one will be home to most of the arrivals and departures for the Non-Schengen zone, transfer centres, and passport control.
Level zero will have coach gates for both Schengen and non-Schengen zones, baggage reclaim and an arrivals hall.
It expects to welcome around 34million passengers in its first year, but will grow to as many as 60million.
Building work is set to start next year, and the airport has been designed by Foster + Partners – behind London‘s the Gherkin and the Battersea Roof Gardens.
The huge airport will have other transport links too like an underground train network which will connect it to Warsaw and Lodz.
Holidaymakers in Warsaw will be able to get to the airport in just 20 minutes by train – the airport will also open a bus station for travellers.
Once open, Port Polska will take on some of the world’s biggest transport hubs like London Heathrow which welcomed a record 83.9 million passengers in 2024.
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King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia is set to surpass all other airports in size, including the current biggest airport in the world which is also in the country.
The 22sqm airport will feature six runways – up from two – parallel to each other and will be built around the existing King Khalid International Airport.
It will approximately be the same size as Manhattan in New York – or twice the size of the city of Bath, in the UK.
And now the airport has moved into its construction phase. The airport will be designed by Foster + Partners, a UK firm which is behind London‘s famous Gherkin.
Inside, travellers will be able to explore 4.6sqm of shops. A lot of features in the airport are set to include high tech, such as climate-controlled lighted.
Travellers will have plenty of seating, indoor and outdoor spaces with greenery and vast glass windows, ideal for a bit of plane spotting.
Foster + Partner’s is also developing the Wadi Loop, which will connect the airport to other developments allowing travellers to access different sites more easily.
It will eventually accommodate up to 120million passengers each year, which is then expected to rise to 185million by 2050.
And the number of aircraft takeoffs will rise from 211,000 per year to over one million.
In total, the project is estimated to cost around $30billion (£22.5billion).
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