Rzeszów Airport (RZE/EPRZE)

New routes and frequency possibilities and why these routes would work

Intercontinental:
Chicago
  • Minimum of twice a week, to serve huge Polish migrant market originating mainly from the Podkarpackie and other south-eastern Polish regions.
New York
  • Currently summer only service (LOT) over-subscribed. Opportunity to add capacity and expand season to potentially year-round.

The new terminal at Rzeszów Airport and the city’s new stadium are due to be completed before the start of the Euro 2012 football championship, which is being co-hosted by Poland and the Ukraine.
Europe:
Paris
  • Minimum of twice a week, to serve huge Polish migrant market originating from the Podkarpackie region. Currently over 16 weekly coach frequencies to Paris, with a journey time in excess of 24 hours.
Rome
  • Minimum of twice a week. Potential for outbound tourism, pilgrimages and to serve the huge Polish migrant market.
Milan
  • Minimum of twice a week. Potential for outbound tourism, pilgrimages and to serve the Polish migrant market.
Barcelona
  • Minimum of twice a week. Potential for outbound tourism, and to serve Polish migrant market.
Madrid
  • Minimum of twice a week. Most requested destination by passengers. Great potential for outbound tourism and labour traffic.
Munich
  • Current daily service to Frankfurt is over-subscribed. Additional service to a hub airport essential to satisfy demand for increased connectivity. Numerous German companies, whose headquarters are in Southern Germany, are based in the Podkarpackie region.
Hamburg
  • Minimum of twice a week to serve large Polish and Ukrainian migrant market based in Northern Germany. Market currently served only by overland transportation.
Zadar
  • Great potential for holiday and pilgrimages market.

Rzeszów, capital of the Subcarpathian Province, boasts some stunning scenery and architecture, including the Lubomirski Palace.

Other major reasons to serve this airport

  • Rzeszów (pronounced “zhe-shof”) is the home of Poland’s Aviation Valley, a cluster of industry facilities all focused on air transport.
  • Global companies such as MTU, UTC, Borg Warner, Sikorsky, Hispano-Suiza and VAC Aero all have production facilities close to the airport.
  • Passenger traffic growth for 2009 was +18% - the best result in Poland.
  • Rzeszów is located very close to the Ukrainian border (90km) and Slovakian border (100km).
  • The region is located on the border of the Carpathian Foothills and the Sandomierska Basin, making it attractive for inbound tourism.

The airport, the regional government and tourist agencies are able to offer marketing support and incentives to help to promote new routes. UEFA estimates that half of all fans attending Euro 2012 in Poland will travel by air.

Marketing and other support

Rzeszów Airport offers discounted airport charges to new services and helps to organise and run media campaigns for new airlines and routes.

  • New entrant airport charges incentives, methodologies for advertising support, potential for support from regional development/tourist agencies.
  • Discounts to airport charges are available to new services.
  • The airport is able to organise and run advertising media campaigns for new services.
  • Financial marketing support is available from the airport and regional government.
  • Poland is a joint host for Euro 2012 football championships. Tournament organiser UEFA estimates that half of all spectators will travel to the various venues by air.

A population in excess of 2 million live within a two-hour drive.

Catchment Area

The two hour drive-time catchment area is slightly larger than the Podkarpackie Province, which has a population of 2.1 million.

Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors

The airport has a neighbourhood of over 70 air transport-related manufacturers which would support air and freight services. Hispano-Suiza Polska produces some of the Polish aerospace industry’s most advanced components for use in aircraft engines and helicopters – an expansion of the plant in 2009 now extends that range to engine nacelles used in the Airbus family. Meanwhile, another airport neighbour PZL Mielec – the Polish division of United Technologies’ Sikorsky – recently signed a deal for 15 crop sprayer/fire-fighting aircraft with China’s Heilongjiang Province.

  • More than 70 aviation industry companies, including MTU, UTC, Borg Warner, Sikorsky and Hispano-Suiza are based within close proximity of Rzeszów Airport.
  • Goodyear plant in Dębica (47km west of Rzeszow), steel and military industry (Huta Stalowa Wola), car components manufacturers (Toora Poland), metal industry (FML Leżajsk, Dezamet Nowa Dęba), chemical industry (Tikkurilla, Organika Nowa Sarzyna), pharmaceutical companies (Valeant, Sanofi Aventis), IT companies (Assecco, OpTeam) and food companies (Nestlé) all based in the region.

Rzeszów’s citizens are fanatical followers of Resovia Rzeszów - a sports club which fields a successful volleyball team that competes at international level, and which hosts several important competitions.

Geography

  • RZE is located in the south-east of Poland, close to the Ukrainian and Slovakian borders.
  • RZE is 10km from Rzeszów city centre, 160km to Kraków, 170 km to Lublin, 170 km to Lviv (Ukraine), 170 km to Kosice (Slovakia).
  • RZE is located on the main West-East European E40 Highway

Infrastructure & Operations

  • Runways: One runway (27/09) 3,200m
  • Slot Coordinated?: No
  • Operating hours: 24/7
  • Terminals: Departure Terminal 2,358m, two floors, new commercial zone

Important infrastructure developments and/or other news

  • New terminal infrastructure: 15,290m/1,440 pax per hour and new apron 48,500m due to be completed in the first half of 2012.

Vital statistics (2009)

  • Ryanair: 247,117 passengers
  • LOT: 90,471 (10,161 USA and 80,310 Domestic)
  • Lufthansa: 14527
  • Charters 28,599
  • Passenger traffic 2008 – 323,838
  • Passenger traffic 2009 (Jan- Dec) 383,312
  • Fast dynamic of passenger growth comparing 2008 and 2009 (Jan-Dec) - 18.5% growth.
  • Fast growth of charter’s passengers comparing 2008 and 2009 - 37% growth.
  • Existing international flights: Frankfurt, London, New York, Dublin, Bristol, Birmingham, East Midlands, Liverpool
  • Existing domestic flights: Warsaw
  • Existing charter flights: Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia, Greece
  • Largest Carriers: Lufthansa, LOT, Ryanair

Financials

KEY FACTS

Rzeszów Airport contacts
Route Development Contact

Lukasz Sikora
Position

Marketing and Route Development Manager
Address
Jasionka 942
PL 36-002 Jasionka
Contact

Tel: +48 17 7178740
Mob: +48 785020011
Fax: +48 178520907
Contact
Website
Rzeszów Airport Website