Modlin getting ready for take off in twelve months

On Wednesday the airport's authority, PPL, and the Military Property Agency (AMW) will sign a notary deed concerning the creation of a company, which would restore and then service the new airport. However, even the Minister's timetable will be difficult to adhere to because of planned tender proceedings, which could last up to a dozen months. "The Public Procurement Office (UZP) rejected our request to avoid the tender procedure," said Edyta Mikołajczyk, spokeswoman of PPL. Nevertheless the company hopes it will be ready on time. "Already this fall the airport will accept planes, such as charter planes," assured Mikołajczyk. Autumn-time still represents a substantial delay in relation to earlier plans, which had envisaged that the airport could be ready by June 2005. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) M.M.