The new government in Poland, led by Donald Tusk (above), has dismissed the entire CPK board as well as the CEO of the new airport project.
The entire supervisory board of the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Airport (CPK), the new Warsaw airport under development, has been removed by the Polish government.
Mikołaj Wild, CEO of the CPK project, was also dismissed.
The moves by the new Polish government led by Donald Tusk—who became prime minister in December 2023—raise questions about how committed the current government is to the airport, which was a key project of the former administration.
The new airport, to be located 40 km (25 mi.) from central Warsaw, is viewed as a long-term replacement for Warsaw Chopin Airport, though both will likely stay operational when CPK comes online.
The previous Polish government had targeted a 2028 opening for CPK, which will have two parallel runways and capacity to handle 40 million passengers annually. By 2060, the airport aims to have three parallel runways and capacity to handle 65 million passengers annually.
The government said it has nominated Filip Czernicki to be chairman of the CPK supervisory board going forward. Czernicki is presently the Head of the Center for Constitutionalism and Legal Culture in Warsaw and previously served as an executive for the Polish Airports State Enterprise from 2006-2017.
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