MRO company Enter Air Services, a subsidiary of Polish private charter carrier Enter Air, has signed an agreement to lease ‘Hangar H2’ at Katowice Airport.
The lease agreement with the Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL S.A.) – the company which manages Katowice Airport – has been signed for a period of 10 years.
The hangar, which spans 106,350 cubic metres and has 7,912 sqm of usable floor area, has two service bays each capable of handling a Boeing 737 aircraft, a complex workshop, office space, and social facilities.
Artur Tomasik, president of the board of the GTL SA, said: “We have been cooperating with Enter Air for almost 15 years now. It is currently the biggest charter carrier at Katowice Airport; it handles approximately 33% of this area of traffic. We are glad that Enter Air became a lessee of one of Katowice Airport hangars and will establish an aircraft maintenance base here. By doing so, we strengthen our strategic cooperation.”
Grzegorz Polaniecki, president of Enter Air Services, said: “Katowice Airport in Pyrzowice is our main operational base. Together with Katowice Airport, we have built the largest charter traffic in this part of the world, and have been flying regularly to many tourist destinations in Europe, Asia and Africa for many years.
“We had 130 unique destinations in 2024; that’s more than any other carrier offered from that airport. For several years we have been looking for convenient locations to expand our technical services and I am delighted that we have been able to sign a long-term agreement with Poland’s most dynamic airport.
“Katowice Airport is the undisputed leader when it comes to handling holiday traffic, so our cooperation was the most sensible choice for both parties.”
Enter Air has been operating out of Katowice Airport since 21 June 2010, carrying approximately 6.8 million passengers to date. In 2024, it became the first charter carrier in the history of Katowice Airport to serve more than one million travellers on behalf of travel agents in a calendar year.
There are currently three maintenance hangars operating at Katowice Airport, with another currently under construction and expected to be operational in 2026.
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