Kraków Airport halts operations after Aircraft Incident
Kraków-Balice John Paul II airport suspended all flight operations on September 14,2025,at approximately 14:00 CEST after an Enter Air boeing 737 aircraft partially slid off a baggage carousel. The incident occurred while the plane was undergoing routine unloading procedures following arrival from an unspecified destination.
The disruption impacts both national and international travel through Poland’s second-busiest airport, located 11 km west of Kraków city centre. Emergency services were immediately dispatched to assess the situation and secure the aircraft.No injuries have been reported. Enter Air, Poland’s largest private charter airline founded in 2009, operates primarily from warsaw chopin Airport with additional bases in Katowice, Poznań, and Wrocław, specializing in holiday flights to destinations across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Airport authorities have not yet announced an estimated timeframe for resuming normal air traffic. An examination into the cause of the incident is underway.
