Kraków Airport to open new part of terminal this month

Kraków Airport will launch a new part of its terminal on 28 September, the media reported citing the airport's spokeswoman. Thanks to the expansion, the airport will be able to increase its capacity to 8 million passengers a year, according to Urszula Podraza. The new part, where the arrivals sector was located encompasses 33,000 sqm. The value of the investment reached nearly PLN 370 million, construction work by Italian Astaldi has been carried out since the spring of 2013. Kraków Airport is also considering building another runway, the investment would be completed in 2017. The new runway is to be 3 kilometers long, the current runway would be used as back-up. Renovation which is under way at the airport is currently valued at PLN 500 million. Kraków Airport is Poland's second largest airport - last year it served over 3.8 million passengers.