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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
Europe's new mega £25billion airport with 260million passengers to finally start works next year
Plus, read more on the largest airport project in the world TAKING OFF Europe's new mega £25billion airport with 260million passengers to finally start works next year THE huge new European airport wanting to take on Heathrow and Dubai is set to finally start works. Designs for Centralny Port Komunikacyjny airport, otherwise known as CPK, have finally been accepted, with building work starting in 2026. Advertisement 5 Work on CPK airport is set to start in 2026 Credit: CPK/Foster + Partners 5 Millions of passengers will pass through the airport Credit: CPK/Foster + Partners Win one of 8 incredible holidays to the Caribbean, Mexico and Greece by voting in The Sun's Travel Awards - enter to win here The new mega terminal in Poland is set to take on the likes of London Heathrow and Dubai as one of the biggest airport hubs in the world. Designs for CPK were accepted in August 2025, with the airport being designed by Foster + Partners and Buro Happold. Foster + Partners is the company behind London's Battersea Roof Gardens and the Gherkin. Advertisement Read More on Holidays GRAN PLAN We ditched stressful UK for sunny Spanish island… if you WFH, it's a perfect move The terminal design reveals two phases of development with the first set to open before 2032. Parts of this include the creation of the passenger terminal which will cover 450,000m2 . This will be almost three times the size of nearby Warsaw Chopin Airport's passenger terminal. The CPK passenger terminal will operate across three levels, on level two will be ticket and baggage check-in, security control, arrivals and departures for the Schengen zone. Advertisement On level one will be most of the arrivals and departures for the Non-Schengen zone, transfer centres and passport control. Level zero will have coach gates for both Schengen and non-Schengen zones, baggage reclaim and an arrivals hall. Dubai is building the world's largest airport 5 Designs were approved in August 2025 Credit: CPK/Foster + Partners 5 The terminal will be three times the size of Poland's existing airport terminal Credit: CPK/Foster + Partners Advertisement CPK airport will initially have two parallel runways with a plan to include a third runway in the future, and even a fourth later on. The first phase of the airport will create space for between 49 and 67 aircraft. For comparison, Chopin Airport currently has space for between 22 and 27 aircraft. In its first stage, CPK Airport is expected to handle up to 11,000 passengers per hour, and up to 34 million per year. Advertisement On opening day, the terminal will have 140 ticket and baggage check-in desks. The project includes the construction of almost 2000km of new high-speed railway lines. According to the schedule, the airport's railway station will be completed by 2029. CPK Airport is expected to be operational by the end of 2032, at a cost of £25billion. Advertisement It is not yet known when flights will operate from the airport and which airlines will fly from the travel hub. Over in Dubai, plans are going ahead to build the world's biggest airport that could see 260 million passengers. The airport is an extension of the already standing Al Maktoum International Airport opened in 2010 that is 22 miles outside of the city. Once complete, Al Maktoum Airport will be able to handle 260 million passengers a year. Advertisement It will have five runways and up to 400 aircraft gates, which makes it the largest airport project in the world. Here's the other huge airport with 185 million passengers to open by 2030 – and could have direct UK flights. Read more on the international 'London' airport that is 3,285 miles from the UK – and no flights to the English city. 5 Work on the airport is set to begin in 2026
The Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Europe's new mega £25billion airport with 260million passengers to finally start works next year
THE huge new European airport wanting to take on Heathrow and Dubai is set to finally start works. Designs for Centralny Port Komunikacyjny airport, otherwise known as CPK, have finally been accepted, with building work starting in 2026. 5 5 The new mega terminal in Poland is set to take on the likes of London Heathrow and Dubai as one of the biggest airport hubs in the world. Designs for CPK were accepted in August 2025, with the airport being designed by Foster + Partners and Buro Happold. Foster + Partners is the company behind London's Battersea Roof Gardens and the Gherkin. The terminal design reveals two phases of development with the first set to open before 2032. Parts of this include the creation of the passenger terminal which will cover 450,000m 2 . This will be almost three times the size of nearby Warsaw Chopin Airport's passenger terminal. The CPK passenger terminal will operate across three levels, on level two will be ticket and baggage check-in, security control, arrivals and departures for the Schengen zone. On level one will be most of the arrivals and departures for the Non-Schengen zone, transfer centres and passport control. Level zero will have coach gates for both Schengen and non-Schengen zones, baggage reclaim and an arrivals hall. Dubai is building the world's largest airport 5 5 CPK airport will initially have two parallel runways with a plan to include a third runway in the future, and even a fourth later on. The first phase of the airport will create space for between 49 and 67 aircraft. For comparison, Chopin Airport currently has space for between 22 and 27 aircraft. In its first stage, CPK Airport is expected to handle up to 11,000 passengers per hour, and up to 34 million per year. On opening day, the terminal will have 140 ticket and baggage check-in desks. The project includes the construction of almost 2000km of new high-speed railway lines. According to the schedule, the airport's railway station will be completed by 2029. CPK Airport is expected to be operational by the end of 2032, at a cost of £25billion. It is not yet known when flights will operate from the airport and which airlines will fly from the travel hub. Over in Dubai, plans are going ahead to build the world's biggest airport that could see 260 million passengers. The airport is an extension of the already standing Al Maktoum International Airport opened in 2010 that is 22 miles outside of the city. Once complete, Al Maktoum Airport will be able to handle 260 million passengers a year. It will have five runways and up to 400 aircraft gates, which makes it the largest airport project in the world. Here's the other huge airport with 185 million passengers to open by 2030 – and could have direct UK flights.
The Sun
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
New £25billion mega airport opening in Europe to ‘take on Heathrow and Dubai' with 65milllion passengers
AN AMBITIOUS mega airport in Poland is one step closer to opening. Warsaw Solidarity Airport in Poland is set to open by 2032 and is will see millions of passengers per year 'taking on Heathrow and Dubai.' 5 5 Poland's new mega airport has revealed plans to welcome long-haul flights to become a hub airport. CPK will transform the airport with Foster + Partners and Buro Happold- designed new airport, highway upgrades, and 2,000km of high-speed rail. The designs were revealed in 2023 showing off a huge terminal, and now the companies are seeking a contractor to build it. Bidding for the airport terminal contract will close on 29 August, with signing expected in 2026. Any contractors wanting to take on the enormous project must show an annual turnover exceeding $1 billion (over £700 million) in each of the last four years. They must also have relevant experience in the aviation sector, and be Polish speaking. Initially, Warsaw Solidarity Airport was being built to replace Warsaw Chopin Airport because it was nearing capacity. But the huge new airport will instead complement the existing one. Warsaw Solidarity Airport will be 24 miles outside of Warsaw, and it will mean that all major Polish cities will be no more than two and a half hours away. Belfast Airport £100million upgrade 5 5 The estimated cost is £25 billion and it will see millions of passengers through its doors every year. Warsaw Solidarity Airport's main terminal will initially accommodate 34 million passengers a year - that's 11,000 passengers per hour. But if there's a particularly busy season, the terminal could manage 44 million without disrupting operations, according to Global Construction Review. The designs are in the final stages with previous changes being made to the roof, walkways, waiting areas and the bus station, to improve passenger comfort. A third runway, and other terminal extensions, will see passenger numbers increase to 65 million by 2060. The airport is due to open in 2032. Another country has unveiled plans for an airport expansion with a unique phoenix-shaped terminal. And a first look at £100million revamp of major UK airport with 'much needed' upgrades.
CairoScene
25-02-2025
- Business
- CairoScene
Gensler Crafts Radiant Design for Egypt's Al-Ahly Football Stadium
Sweeping curves, glowing red: Al-Ahly's new stadium is a 42,000-seat national landmark by architecture studio Gensler. Feb 25, 2025 Global architecture studio Gensler has unveiled an all-red, undulating design for a new stadium for Egypt's famous Al-Ahly football club. Designed as a 42,000-seat national landmark, the project is a collaboration with British engineering firm Buro Happold and the team's investor, El Qalaa El Hamraa. Carved between Cairo and Alexandria, near Sphinx International Airport, the new stadium's architecture adapts to both the sky and the earth. The pitch, carefully recessed into the ground, adheres to flight path restrictions, but also draws in the natural cooling embrace of the surrounding terrain, blending innovation with environment. Asymmetry shapes the very soul of the design, from the sweeping curve of its façade to the delicate balance of the cable-net roof resting atop a structural arch. Within, the stadium's asymmetric bowl unfolds in tiers, rising on the west, north, and south sides, drawing fans into the heart of the action and intensifying the energy of the game. At night, the stadium transforms into a striking visual landmark, featuring a digital façade and an illuminated roof that create a dynamic display - visible both from the ground and from the air as travellers approach. As the centrepiece of the larger Al-Ahly Club Sports City development, the stadium will anchor a dynamic ecosystem that includes a university, hospital, and mosque. Photography Credit: Gensler
