The companies Vinci Airports and IFM Global Infrastructure Fund have been selected as preferred investors in Poland for the construction of the planned new central airport near Warsaw. The two companies are expected to invest around eight billion Polish zlotys.

The construction of the new airport is considered a prestige project of the current government. It is currently planned that the new building will go online in 2028. The state carrier Lot is to develop this airport into a large hub. In this context, it was recently announced that this airline wants to significantly expand its fleet.

The new building will have a capacity for around 40 million passengers and one million tons of freight per year, according to a spokesman for the state-owned CPK. This is a civilian project, but military use is also planned. From the opening, the central airport will be connected to the largest cities in Poland by rail and long-distance buses.

It is assumed that one or two regional airports that are currently connected to Warsaw-Chopin will in future only be connected to the planned major airport by land. A final decision has not yet been made about the future of Chopin Airport, as there are currently various options. This could remain on the network for point-to-point traffic, be used as general aviation space or be taken off the network. Due to its inner-city location, the area is considered extremely valuable.

The construction project also has an indirect impact on the Radom and Modlin locations. The airport mentioned first is only used very little anyway, because only Lot and, in the future, Wizz Air offer a few scheduled flights that are considered subsidized. Apart from charter flights, Modlin is used almost exclusively by Ryanair. This calls for the terminal to be expanded, but the owners are reluctant to make costly investments because it is still unclear whether Modlin Airport will still exist after the opening of the new major airport.

The construction costs of the project will be covered as follows: 60 percent of the financing will be provided by the state and 40 percent will come from investors who will then be involved in the operating company CPK Lotnisko. The extent to which the latest election results will affect the future of the extremely expensive project cannot currently be estimated. The opposition has been criticizing the current government's plans since the project began.