CPK construction. The investor will invest up to PLN 8 billion
“We have an investor who wants to spend up to PLN 8 billion to build CPK Airport in exchange for minority shares in the company that runs the airport! It is a union between Vinci Airports and the global infrastructure fund IFM,” Marcin wrote. Hurawa, Deputy Minister of Finance and Regional Policy, tweeted on Platform X on Tuesday.
He added that Vinci Airports (part of the Vinci Group) is the leading operator of private airports in the world. He said that the company operates, in various forms, more than 70 airports in 13 countries, and employs about 270,000 employees. employees. He pointed out that it is “a company of French origin, although the largest group in the ownership structure currently are institutional shareholders from the United States of America.”
Horała announced that IFM Global Infrastructure Fund is an investment fund from Australia that manages assets worth approximately US$143 billion, of which approximately US$64 billion. These are capital investments in infrastructure; Its portfolio includes shares in 17 airports around the world.
CPK Airport Financing Structure. Marcin Horawa explains
The financing structure of CPK Airport itself is 60%. Debt instruments, and 40 percent equity – shares in the CPK company that will manage the future airport – announced Marcin Hurawa, CPK’s government commissioner, on Tuesday. He added that control of ownership remains in the hands of the state treasury.
He also added that “the actions are not related to the sale of shares in the state’s airports, land or anything from the assets of Okęcie Airport, etc. – only investments in a new airport.”
As Horawa points out, by acquiring minority investors, “we gain capital while retaining ownership control.”
Central communications port. How many passengers will it serve?
The Central Communications Port is a planned transport hub between Warsaw and Łódź, which will integrate air, rail and road transport. Within this project, located 37 km west of Warsaw, with an area estimated at about 3 thousand ha, the airport will be built. The first phase of the airport, i.e. two parallel runways and infrastructure to accommodate 40 million passengers, is scheduled to be launched in 2028. The general plan of CPK assumes that the airport will then be expanded in a modular way.
CPK is 100 percent owned by the state treasury. According to forecasts by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in 2060 the airport may serve up to 65 million passengers.
