The Polish Vortex: LCCs love it. But why does populous, prospering Poland lack major aviation heft?
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The Polish Vortex: LCCs love it. But why does populous, prospering Poland lack major aviation heft?

Air Transat

The Polish Vortex: LCCs love it. But why does populous, prospering Poland lack major aviation heft?

July 2014
2 min read
Seth Kaplan

Issue Overview

The European Union’s five most populous countries—Germany, France, the U.K., Italy and Spain—are home to all but one of the continent’s top 10 airports (Amsterdam is the exception). This makes sense: the biggest countries have the busiest airports, in this case airports serving London, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Rome, Madrid and Barcelona.