Port Lotniczy Bydgoszcz announces new international air terminal

The company managing Bydgoszcz airport, Port Lotniczy (PL) Bydgoszcz, is commencing construction of a passenger terminal at a cost of zl. 30 million. The company's management hopes that the investment will change the status of the airport from local to international, servicing at least two regular connections with other countries. The construction has been divided into two stages. A consortium consisting of local construction firms, led by EB UD-Przemyslowka, has been selected as the contractor for the venture in the first stage. "In the second stage we are going to announce a tender for furnishing the terminal," announced PL Bydgoszcz President Stanislaw Rak. The entire venture will be completed in 2004. Currently the airport services flights to Warsaw through LOT Polish Airlines. Following the airport's expansion, PL Bydgoszcz intends to sign contracts with other airlines from EU states, specifically with Germany and the Scandinavian countries. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) A.Z.