A cargo terminal will be built at Lublin Airport in southeastern Poland, the airport has announced in a press release.
The president of Lublin Airport, Andrzej Hawryluk said, as cited in the statement, that a contract was signed on March 9 with a consortium that will build the terminal for nearly PLN 18 million (EUR 3.84 million).
The estimated time for design and construction works is 18 months, according to the statement.
“As soon as the contractors receive permission, construction will start, we hope in the early summer,” Hawryluk said.
He added that air cargo transport was one of the fastest growing branches of transport in Poland, with “huge development opportunities in the future.”
“Taking into account the lack of a major cargo port on this side of the Vistula River, the role of such an investment in the Lublin province cannot be overestimated,” Hawryluk said.
He added that the new terminal would be “an important element in the transport chain in this part of our country.”
The Lublin Airport spokesman, Piotr Jankowski, announced that the cargo terminal would be built by a Polish consortium based in Lublin.
The plans include the construction of a modern warehouse and transshipment hall with an area of nearly 2,000 square meters with dedicated rooms for handling special goods, an office building and a 2,800 square meters maneuvering yard with an access road and pavements.
The warehouse and transshipment hall should be completed next year, Jankowski said.
The cargo terminal will offer mainly RFS (Road Feeder Service), transport of air freight by trucks between airports, a solution that will benefit local entrepreneurs exporting their products to various countries around the world, he added.
Opened in 2012, Lublin Airport has the status of an international airport and can handle aircraft the size of a Boeing 767 and Airbus A310. It has been used by 2.8 million passengers over 10 years of operation. (PAP/Business World Magazine)