Lublin Airport — Lublin, Poland

Lublin Airport, given the code LUZ, opened in 2012 in Świdnik, a town just east of Lublin known for decades as a center of Polish helicopter manufacturing at the PZL-Świdnik works. It was built to give eastern Poland, long underserved by air travel compared to the country's western regions, a modern gateway of its own, reducing the need for residents of Lublin and the surrounding Lubelskie voivodeship to drive to Warsaw for flights. Low-cost carriers, particularly Ryanair, have provided the bulk of scheduled connections, linking LUZ to destinations in the UK, Ireland, and elsewhere in Europe, traffic driven substantially by the region's diaspora communities working abroad. Lublin itself is one of Poland's oldest cities, with a well-preserved Old Town and a history as a meeting point of Polish, Lithuanian, and Jewish culture. The airport remains one of the newer and smaller entries in Poland's regional network, with a single runway and a compact terminal building.