PwC: Polish airports should see 10 percent more passengers in 2016

The Polish airline industry should grow this year by about 10 percent y/y, and lead to 33.6 million passengers traveling to and from Polish airports, a PwC report predicts. Michał Mazur, PwC head of Transport and Logistics, added that it is low-cost carriers who will be responsible for the majority of this growth. According to PwC, the market share of these airlines exceeded 50 percent in 2015 and stands a very good chance of continuing to go up. The report also noted that statistically, there were 0.8 flights for each Pole in 2015. Compared to figures in Western European  countries, such as France, Germany or Italy, where the figure hovers around 2.6-2.7 flights, this shows that there is "considerable potential for growth" in the industry.