RM-111-163-17 RESOLUTION NO 173/2017 OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS of 7 November 2017 on the adoption of the Investment Preparation and Implementation Concept: Solidarity Airport – Central Transport Hub for the Republic of Poland The Council of Ministers adopts the following: § 1. The Council of Ministers recognises that it is in line with the Government policy to take measures described in the document entitled Investment Preparation and Implementation Concept: Solidarity Airport – Central Transport Hub for the Republic of Poland, hereinafter referred to as “Concept”, that constitutes an attachment to this Resolution. § 2. The Plenipotentiary of the Government for the Matters of the Central Transport Hub for the Republic of Poland shall be obliged to take measures described in the Concept. § 3. The resolution shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. PRIME MINISTER BEATA SZYDŁO Checked for compliance with legal and editorial terms Secretary of the Council of Ministers Jolanta Rusiniak Director of the Department of the Council of Ministers Hanka Babińska Attachment to Resolution No. 173/2017 of the Council of Ministers of 7 November 2017 Investment Preparation and Implementation Concept: Solidarity Airport – Central Transport Hub for the Republic of Poland Warsaw, November 2017 1 Table of contents: I. Synthesis ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 II. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 7 A. Definitions, abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................................................... 7 1. Hub‐and‐spoke system .......................................................................................................................... 7 2. Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 8 B. Context of the document ................................................................................................................................. 11 C. Structure of the document .............................................................................................................................. 11 D. The relationship to other strategic documents .............................................................................................. 13 1. The Responsible Development Strategy until 2020 (with perspective by 2030), the Concept of National Spatial Development 2030 and the Transport Development Strategy by 2020 (with perspective by 2030) 13 2. Lower level strategic documents related to air transport ................................................................... 14 3. Lower level strategic documents related to rail transport .................................................................. 14 4. Strategic documents related to road transport ................................................................................... 15 III. The diagnosis of socio‐economic situation .............................................................................................. 16 A. Development of the air traffic based on H&S system may considerably contribute to the economic growth of Poland. ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 1. The development of the aviation market has direct impact on economic growth ............................. 16 2. The development of hub traffic is particularly attractive from the point of view of accessibility of transport services and impact on economy .................................................................................................. 17 3. The aviation market in Poland and Central Europe is developing very dynamically with a prospect for strengthening of this trend. .......................................................................................................................... 18 4. Absence of a transfer hub limits the potential for the development of the aviation market in the region of Central Europe and in Poland. ....................................................................................................... 19 5. Geographic and economic circumstances speak in favour of locating the hub for Central and Eastern Europe in the vicinity of Warsaw. ................................................................................................................. 23 B. The Warsaw Chopin Airport will not be able to face the challenges of increasing aeronautics market in Poland ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25 1. The Chopin Airport — current status .................................................................................................. 25 2. The Chopin Airport capacity is running out ......................................................................................... 26 3. Warsaw Chopin Airport is subject to irremovable limitations that inhibit its growth. ........................ 28 C. Railway transport as the most effective means of public transport .............................................................. 29 1. Railway should be the most optimal means of public transport for domestic journeys in Poland ..... 29 2. Development of national railway transport has greater influence on Poland’s economic growth than development of other means of transport ................................................................................................... 30 3. Railway is favoured by EU funding ...................................................................................................... 30 2 D. The shape of the railway network is a key systemic constraint of competitiveness of railway transport in Poland ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31 1. Poland’s railway network has been shaped by historic events ........................................................... 31 2. Basic disadvantages of the current railway network arrangement in Poland ..................................... 32 3. Results of unsuitable arrangement of railway network ...................................................................... 32 IV. Results of analysis undertaken to date for the Central Transport Hub and changes in the railway network ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 A. Works on the concept of railway network development so far ..................................................................... 33 B. Hitherto works on the concept of Central Airport for the Republic of Poland .............................................. 37 1. A Report of Inter‐Ministerial, Interdisciplinary Team for Selecting the Location for Central Airport for Poland (2003) ................................................................................................................................................ 37 2. Feasibility Study of a project „Central Airport in Poland” (2006 r.) ..................................................... 38 3. The concept of a central airport for Poland – Analysis (2010) ............................................................ 40 4. Integration of the Central Airport with railway network ..................................................................... 43 V. Mission, Vision and Goals of the Project ....................................................................................................... 46 A. Mission and Goals ............................................................................................................................................ 46 1. General assumptions ........................................................................................................................... 46 2. In the scope of aviation sector ............................................................................................................ 46 3. The railway sector................................................................................................................................ 49 4. The economic development of Poland ................................................................................................ 50 5. Complementary transport projects ..................................................................................................... 51 B. SWOT analysis .................................................................................................................................................. 51 1. The aviation component ...................................................................................................................... 51 2. The railway component ....................................................................................................................... 52 3. Integration of the aviation and railway component ............................................................................ 52 VI. Project vision ...........................................................................................................................................