Lufthansa subsidiary hopes to expand in Poland

Xeos, a subsidiary of Lufthansa and GE which repairs aircraft engines, announced this week that it plans to open a repair facility in Silesia, which it says will employ as many as 600 people, according to a report in Puls Biznesu on Thursday. The €250 million factory is set to be built in the Legnica Special Economic Zone. The president of the Polish airline EnterAir, Mariusz Olechno, told the press, “It’s a good idea, as the area needs the investment. The closest facility of a similar scale is located in Frankfurt.” However, the project has met with some local opposition. Protests in recent days have occurred in Legnica. Opponents of the factory claim that noise pollution in the area will  increase greatly. Also, the planned-building of the facility is controversial because currently the Central European Engine Services (CEES) dominates the aircraft engine repair market in Poland.