Charter transport at regional airports keeps growing even when it’s not the season. Katowice increased this type of transport by 30 percent. In April, it was even better.
“The four month data are record. In 2006, there were 29,000 tourists, this year 48,000, or over 63 percent more”, Tomasz Dziedzic, an aviation expert in the Institute of Tourism comments.
Poznan had 8,000 passengers in the first quarter of last year and 13,800 this year. In the first four months, there were over 20,000 of them. Gdansk had nearly 13,000 tourists against 3,700 last year.
The demand is growing while there are not many charter services offered by Polish companies. Centralwings low-cost airline owned by LOT flag carrier is one of them. However, this year, the company cuts its charter offer by 18 percent. Prima Charter, formerly Fischer Air which was close to bankruptcy, is another charter carrier.