Talks between airlines and Polish Airports over Okęcie fail to get off the ground

In another chapter of the ongoing controversy surrounding the construction of the second terminal of the Warsaw Okęcie airport, Polish Airports (PPL) claim, that they have reached an agreement with the airlines, while the latter claim the opposite. The conflict erupted when operators voiced their dissatisfaction with not being consulted on the construction of the terminal. In an effort to mend fences, a two-hour meeting took place yesterday between the airport authorities and the Airline Operators Committee (AOC), after the latter presented 193 detailed questions about the construction of the terminal. PPL spokeswoman Edyta Mikołajczyk said that the meeting was the first of a series of meetings, which are going to lead to an agreement. However, the airlines' representatives said that yesterday's meeting did not explain anything and only opened the way for future meetings. They are complaining, that the meeting did not result in appointment of working groups to tackle specific issues, as they had proposed. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2) T.J.