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airport in Gdańsk, which is a violation of EU state aid rules – informs Marta
Angrocka-Krawczyk from the European Commission Representation in Poland. In journalistic comments to this decision, it was often erroneously suggested that it concerns the need to return EU funds allegedly spent on the expansion of the airport (interpreting the amount of municipal support nominated in euros as EU support) and the fact that the airport in Gdańsk itself is also a public investment, financed by the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot and from the state treasury budget, as well as to a significant extent from EU funds (the argument of "undue advantage" competitive"). The European Commission conducted the proceedings at the request of the city authorities of Gdynia.
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situation where the nearby airport in Gdańsk is not overloaded (2012 – 2.9 million people with a capacity of 5 million) and offers lower airport fees than those provided for the Gdynia-Kosakowo airport. The authorities of Gdynia, in a notification to the
European Commission examining the correctness of maintaining the market balance at the time of granting Gdynia Kosakowo Airport the amount of EUR 52 million in subsidies (ca ~ PLN 217 million, according to the Euro exchange rate as at 12 August 2013), provided false data on the level of passenger traffic and the capacity of the airport in Gdańsk.
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current stage in development. Gdynia
Kosakowo Airport mainly due to pessimistic financial forecasts and the possibility of hindering the full use of the development potential of the airport in Gdańsk". The report gives the date of profitability of the process of transferring General Aviation's traffic from the port of Gdansk to the port of Gdynia-Kosakowo around the years 2021–2025. Attention was drawn to the fact that the conflict between the two shareholders of the Port of Gdansk does not concern the legitimacy of the construction of a second port, but the timing of this investment.
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despite the conclusion of a preliminary sales agreement on 14 January 2021, due to the failure to obtain certificates required by the aviation law, the transaction was not finalised. In the next tender, the airport was purchased by the
Kosakowo municipality in order to conduct general aviation business, i.e. to operate private avionettes, gliders, parachute jumps and possibly an aviation academy for the amount of PLN 7 million 150 thousand. The notarial deed was signed on 7 May 2021, and on 14 May 2021 the airport's assets were taken over by protocol.
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of 3.9 million, 5.6 million and 6.4 million respectively in 2015 with a further upward trend, especially in the area of charter traffic and
General Aviation) and a dynamic increase in cargo transshipments (with their expected doubling by 2015 at the latest). Attention was drawn to the legitimacy of creating an air transport cluster additionally including the airports in Gdynia-Kosakówo and
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Airport announced an unlimited tender for the sale of the airport management company, with a starting price of PLN 7.1 million. The most advantageous offer worth PLN 8 million 666 thousand net was submitted by INBAP Intermodal from Biała Podlaska, however,
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published a report with the results of the audit, confirming the legitimacy of the investment and stressing that "the expansion of the airport was in line with strategic objectives at the national and regional level" (the lack of such expediency was raised in the decision of the
European Commission).
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European Commission's accusation of conduct incompatible with the rules of the common market. This fact was
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Aviation concerning the "Assessment of the legitimacy and concept of taking over the role of the manager at Gdynia Kosakowo Airport" was published. This report includes m.in passenger traffic forecasts of the airport in Gdańsk (according to the pessimistic, baseline and optimistic scenarios
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European Commission announced that it had opened an investigation into the financing of the construction of a civil airport in Gdynia. In particular, the EC's doubts were raised by the estimates contained in the business plan regarding the volume of air traffic and revenues in a
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Bearing in mind the emerging allegations of a potential adverse impact of the airport on traffic at the airport in Gdańsk, on 28 June 2013 the Mayor of Gdynia proposed to conclude an agreement under which Gdańsk Airport sp. z o.o. would act as the entity managing the Gdynia airport and operating on
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It was planned that for the first years of its existence, the airport would accept small business aircraft, cargo and charter flights. According to business assumptions, Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport was to be able to accept 1.5 million passengers a year by 2030. It was assumed that after 10 years the
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airports in the first phase would have the character of a duopoly, but it was noted that the current (according to data for 2007) passenger and freight traffic is not sufficient to start these investments in the coming years, and therefore it was recommended "not to involve Gdansk Airport at the
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ruled that the subsidy granted to Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport was illegal. The European Commission has concluded that the public funds transferred by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo to the Gdynia-Kosakowo airport grant the beneficiary an undue competitive advantage, in particular over the
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the GA (General Aviation) terminal: a one-storey facility with a building area of 3.9 thousand.m² and a cubic capacity of 21.3 thousand.m³. At the same time, the construction of a building for the airport fire brigade was carried out.
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about the public recapitalisation by the authorities of the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosaków of the company responsible for the construction and operation of the port of Gdynia-Kosakowo with the equivalent of EUR 52 million.
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