New temporary director of Polish State Airports will oversee Okecie tender

Minister of Transportation Jerzy Widzyk has nominated Mieczyslaw Nowak to the post of temporary director of the Polish State Airports Authority (PPPL). Maciej Kalita was officially removed from that position for irregularities in the legal ownership of Rzeszow airport. There are rumors, however, that he had to leave as the result of the tender for modernization of Okecie airport in Warsaw. In any case, the results of the tender, which have not yet been revealed, will remain unchanged. Last Friday the tender commission most probably made its choice of which two companies are qualified to enter the final round. The successful company will modernize Terminal1 and build Terminal 2 at Warsaw's Okecie airport. Six companies have taken part in the competition: Strabag Polska, Ferrovial Agroman, Bouygues Batiment, Hochtief AG, Bilfinger+Berger Bauaktiengesellschaft and Skanska International Civil Engineering AB. The total investment is estimated at $350 million. The result of the tender will be announced in June of this year. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) A.D.