Łódź-Lublinek airport seeks zł. 40 million for investments

The Łódź-Lublinek airport plans to extend its runway to enable its use by bu dget airlines using larger planes. The airport's management is in talks with companies such as Ireland's Ryanair and German Germania Fluggeselschaft. The estimated cost of the investment stands at around zł. 19 million. Moreover, the management also plans to spend a further zł. 21 million on investments i nto additional equipment and infrastructure. However, airport representative s admit that they have substantial problems with raising the necessary funds for the runway investment and consequently it might be delayed until 2004. A mong the potential sources of financing, the company named budget and city f unds, EU money and injections from potential new investors. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) M.M.