Despite a truly difficult time for the aviation industry, it was possible to carry out this investment, one which was worth over zЕ‚ 110 million gross and consisted of the construction of the third hangar and an aircraft apron in front of it, thanks to the experience and professionalism of the entire GTL SA team, the professionalism of contractors, as well as trust of our CompanyвЂ™s shareholders, and the support of PKO BP bank, all of whom I wish to thank.вЂќ The third hangar means new jobs, itвЂ™s the next step in the process of diversifying the infrastructure and creating a multifunctional airport at Katowice Airport it also strengthens the synergy between business and education, because students at the Silesian University of Technology are being educated to work for companies specializing in aircraft maintenance. The third hangar is leased by Wizz Air.ДЄrtur Tomasik, the President of the Board of Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA) commented: вЂњI am proud that вЂ“ despite the biggest crisis in the aviation industry вЂ“ our determination and consistency let us successfully finish this project, one which is important for the development of Katowice Airport.

In addition, the building has rich social and office facilities.

There are numerous storage rooms, tool rooms and workshops, e.g., a paint shop, located in the building. The essential part of the building consists of two bays, each capable of holding an Airbus A321neo. The new hangar is 17.6-m-high, the main four-winged gate is 88-m-long. The new hangar is the biggest building of its kind at Katowice Airport it has an area of over 9.2 thousand m 2 and a cubage of over 122,000 m 3. The project began in the second quarter of 2021 and took twelve months to finish. The second part included the construction of the third hangar. This task was completed at the end of the first quarter of 2022. The first one consisted of the construction of a new 6.4 ha aircraft apron with nine stands for medium range aircraft the size on Airbus A320/Boeing 737 which are referred to as C-Code aircraft. The expansion of the aircraft maintenance base at Katowice Airport was divided into two tasks. On 7 July 2022, the third aircraft maintenance hangar was put into service at Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport (KTW).

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