Wrocław’s international airport has a record year

Fueled by growing demand for flights to southern vacation destinations and new routes, Wrocław-Strachowice International Airport handled a new record number of passengers in 2016. Its terminal saw over 2.4 million passengers pass through, the president of the airport, Dariusz Kuś, indicated in a statement to the press on Thursday. “Carriers introduced ten new routes, [with] European trends to the south gaining status all year round […] also important [was] the rich offer on the route to Warsaw […]. It was an excellent year ended an impressive finish,” said Kuś. The number of people travelling on low-cost airlines international destinations increased by about 8 percent, totalling 1.3 million. Although the Wrocław airport saw a significant increase in the number of passengers it processed, it wasn’t the country’s largest.  Kraków-Balice saw an increase in passenger traffic of close to 18 percent. The international airports in Poznań, Gdańsk, and Warsaw also saw increases of above 6 percent in 2016, according to the country’s civil aviation authority. In 2017, the airport said, it expects to handle about 2.8 million passengers. It anticipates the possible future increase in passenger traffic this year will be due to the Wrocław’s hosting of the International World Games. The World Games are a multi-sport event featuring sports not contested in the Olympics, such as powerlifting, martial arts and squash.