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Superhai
14-12-2014, 10:36
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKBN0JS06K20141214
Special Report: EU funds help Poland build 'ghost' airports
LODZ, Poland (Reuters) - The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three "ghost" airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business.

The result is gleaming new airport terminals which, even at the peak of the holiday season, echo to the sound of empty concourses and spend millions trying to attract airlines.

I Norge har vi ikke samme problem, men erfaringen med å gi lokale myndigheter for mye innflytelse er noe man bør tenke på spesielt med tanke på lokalisering og evt. konsolidering av flyplasser her.

Stoarn
18-12-2014, 13:58
Total dissent as to Rzeszow.

EU just published the audit report concerning investments in different airports in the EU - total 20 airports - 2 from Poland, Rzeszow among them.

If you wanna see who indeed wasted the money, scroll to page 42 for summary - Rzeszow apparently scored best among those 20...

http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR14_21/SR14_21_EN.pdf