"Polish Officials Determined to Raise Airport Tariffs by One-Third"

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

PPL Are Determined to Raise Airport Tariffs by One-Third
The Polish News Bulletin of the British and American Embassies


If the owner of Poland's airports, Polskie Porty Lotnicze (PPL) decides to
increase tariffs, Warsaw's Okecie may become the world's most expensive
airport in its class, says the International Air Transport Association
(IATA). PPL and IATA met on Tuesday to settle the issue but no compromise
was reached. PPL plans to introduce new, higher tariffs in March. According
to the IATA, the tariffs are likely to increase by between 9 and 35 percent.
Over two months ago, PPL informed airlines about the implementation of new
tariffs. PPL had changed the currency in which the tariffs were calculated.
It has been using the USD, but starting 1 March it will be the Polish zloty.
Hence the new tariffs will be much higher. Up until now, the tariff has been
$16. Starting in March, it will be ZL67. PPL representatives claim the new
rates were calculated on the basis of costs incurred by the company. This
sounds odd considering that it is estimated to have generated a ZL170m net
profit in 2004.


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