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Travel Daily News
11-06-2025
- Business
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Katowice Airport: Record-breaking passenger traffic in May 2025
Katowice Airport recorded its best May ever in 2025, handling 655,818 passengers – a 12.5% increase driven by charter growth. The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A. – GTL S.A.) – the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice, Poland – has summarized passenger traffic for the fifth month of 2025. In May 2025, Katowice Airport handled 655 818 passengers, i.e. 72 707 more (+12.5%) than at the same time last year. It was the best May in the airport's history; the record-breaking result from May 2024, when 583 111 travelers were handled, was surpassed. Last month, the Airport network of regular flights, handled by Wizz Air, Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines and Air Dolomiti/Lufthansa, resulted in 312 359 passengers being handled; that's 28 994 travelers more (+10.2%) than in May 2024. 342 127 persons flew on charter flights, which are operated for travel agencies; that's 43 938 more (+14.7%) than last year. In May, Katowice Airport saw 4,863 aircraft takeoffs and landings, i.e. 313 more (+6.9%) in comparison with the same time in 2024. 'May was yet another record-breaking month at Katowice Airport. In June, we expect further considerable growth of passenger traffic, both on regular and charter flights. In the former segment, the growth will be spearheaded by Wizz Air's expansion of its base in Katowice. At the beginning of June, the carrier launched three new routes at Katowice Airport: Pisa, Chișinău and Madrid, and added a sixth Airbus A320 family aircraft to its base,' said Artur Tomasik, President of the Board of the Upper Silesian Aviation Group, the company managing the Airport. From January to the end of May 2025, Katowice Airport handled 2 171 616 passengers, i.e. 304 884 more (+16.3%) than last year. On 24 May (Saturday), Katowice Airport handled the two-millionth passenger in 2025. Never in the history of the airport have so many passengers been handled so quickly. The record from 2024, when the two-millionth passenger was served on 6 June, was beaten. During the first five months of 2025, the Airport handled 1 246 804 persons on regular flights – 88 325 more (+7.6%) than in 2024 – while 905 154 passengers traveled on charter flights from Pyrzowice, i.e. 202 549 more (+28.8%) than at the same time last year. From January to the end of May 2025, Katowice Airport noted 17 461 aircraft takeoffs and landings, i.e. 1 441 more (+9.0%) than last year.
Travel Daily News
16-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Daily News
General Aviation hangar opens at Katowice Airport
Katowice Airport opens Poland's largest General Aviation hangar, enhancing business jet services as part of its growing aviation infrastructure strategy. A hangar for General Aviation aircraft was put into service at Katowice Airport. The modern building is located in the south-western part of the airport, by aircraft apron no. 4. The hangar covers 5 452 sq m, is 41 metres deep, 11 metres high and 133 metres wide. When it comes to width, the building is the biggest hangar object currently available at the Airport. The building consists of three independent segments; each allows to store not only business aircraft (A-C code), but also helicopters. PROMUS sp. z o.o. was the main contractor responsible for the investment. The commissioning of the facility was combined with a presentation of a Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft; the company is one of the largest manufacturers of business jets in the world. The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A. – GTL S.A.), i.e. the company managing Katowice Airport, offers complex services for business clients and business jets. In the airport's passenger terminals, there are two Fast Tracks which make the security control process easier, as well as two Business Lounges. The Business Customer Department at GTL S.A. provides, among others, assistance during check-in and private transportation between terminals and aircraft. Moreover, GTL S.A. holds a certificate and approval allowing to perform ground handling of General Aviation aircraft. 'I'm glad that our clients have appreciated the quality of service at Katowice Airport and decided to strengthen their relationship with the airport by successfully carrying out construction of a hangar for their business aircraft here. Our expansion program for Katowice Airport sees its south-western part dedicated for General Aviation infrastructure,' said Artur Tomasik, President of the Board of the Upper Silesian Aviation Group, the company managing Katowice Airport. Katowice Airport is among the biggest regional airports in Poland. 6.39m. passengers travelled via its network of flights in 2024. The forecast for 2025 estimates that approx. 7m. passengers will be handled; it will be the best result in the history of the Airport. Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport is the country leader in the area of charter traffic, and one of the biggest cargo airports in Poland.
