Does Poland need Central Communication Airport CPK and earning limits, and why?

By Marta Koblanska, November 4, 2025, 12:00 Poland’s time, Photo: Tokyo Forum (picture to illustrate the text), author: zauber2011, Pixabay

Why do top world leaders like Poland for a short time? The answer may lie in the safety at Polish airports, which had been designed in the past.

The story of the Central Communication Airport CPK in Poland begins in the early XXI century. The discussion succeeded and addressed some current millionaires’ fears about their security and safety if they have to visit the country. (The difference between security and safety is simple. The first one involves the outdoor and the second – the indoor, and turns around for those sentenced for crimes). The view to get such a port also involved investments which, in the opinion of some experts, could be significantly sped up if the airport existed. However, in this case, the major points included either hedging funds or greenfield investments. The debate over who could benefit the most was intense.

At the beginning of the XXI century, there were a few airports fulfilling/meeting strict security and safety rules applying to the most important or richest persons in the world. They included, among all, London Heathrow, Tokyo Airport, and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. The US’s most important airports, both domestic and overseas more or less are adjusted to the demanding security and safety requirements. Germany has one or two airports that are now in the top classification standards. In Poland, that at the beginning of XXI century was at the start of the system transformation, the leaders sometimes were complaining that the country lacks of investments because the top politicians, richest persons and potential investors do not know the real potential of the nation/country as they (the alleged investors) can not visit due to missing safety measures at the airports. Whether they demanded to build a new airport or just the adjustment of the existing ones to adequate standards is an open question. Sometimes they condition their visit on the security and safety, claiming, for instance, that only Gdansk Airport (not without a reason with the name of the first Polish freely elected President – Lech Wałęsa) has installed decent security measures and checks. – It does not mean that Warsaw Okęcie is a worse or less safe airport now, but there are some really tiny rules and solutions which can make a difference for the most demanding, let’s say, customers, some experts claim. Kraków is also not bad; however, the reason may be different.

After over 20 years of discussion in silence and more loudly expressed sorrow that VIPs are passing Poland around, the project of Central Communication Airport CPK has been set on the table again. But remained on paper, and the recent corruption scandal with land in the area of the planned airport may shut it down before a virtual opening for a long time, unless the government is willing to drive/face both consequences and conclusions. The first conclusion could be this regarding the warehouse. For the one equipped with crucial/critical ,,ingredients”, the price for cleaning could be high, but why did the empty one cost so much? Were there any false queries for offers or deliveries?

Someone could also ask a difficult question: Do those top leaders really need so strict security/safety rules? And might add: Poland had significant visits of VIPs. In recent years, several notable figures have visited Poland, including US presidents, members of the British Royal Family, and leaders from France and Germany on multiple occasions. Russian leaders have also made visits, along with Elon Musk and George Clooney. While I am unsure about their views on safety in Poland, I would not want to hear their off-the-record comments. One main question remains: why do they only stay for a day or two?

There is at least one strongly admired businessman/investor who is observing/watching the top visits to Poland and their duration. The link here has been clear for over 20 years. Simplifying. The shorter visit of VIPs in Poland and elsewhere in a sphere of a stable government within emerging markets, the more short-term investments (for instance, those of hedge funds, but in this case the displacement does not need to be so obvious, nonetheless they (the hedge funds) may be keen on investing in places where there is no upper limit of earnings for the, let’s say, most desirable professions). And opposite. The longer the top-level visits signalling improvements in security and safety measures, the longer the investment involvement tends to last. Greenfield investments are/should be the most desirable because they create new job opportunities and places; nevertheless, investments in shares or bonds also provide stability. The number of investments that Poland has lost or is currently losing remains an open question.