The primary goal of The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A. – GTL S.A.) as the manager of Katowice-Pyrzowice airport (EPKT) is the growth of our airport and attention to high quality of provided services.

We constantly work to achieve this goal by expanding the infrastructure, hiring a highly-qualified staff and utilizing advanced technologies while maintaining the overriding principle of providing a realistically possible and acceptable level of security consistent with domestic and international standards.

We are committed to continuously improving safety.

The community of the airport is obliged to contribute through its actions to maintaining and improving safety standards. The airport’s staff, users, and contractors support the implementation and development of security policy at Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport. 

The management board, managerial staff and all employees are responsible for carrying out tasks related to safety and ensuring that all applicable safety standards are followed and enforced. We treat air operations safety as equally important as the company's commercial interests, making it a priority in our market and organizational strategy.

In accordance with applicable law, aviation incidents and circumstances that have or could have affected flight safety must be reported within a specified time frame. We encourage you to report other issues related to safety. The purpose of reporting issues related to safety and investigating them internally is to improve safety.

To maintain security risks at an acceptable level while the level of activities increases, we rely on:

1. application of risk management methods based on scientific research, experience, and best practices
2. maintaining appropriate structural organizational principles assigning duties, competences, and responsibilities in the field of safety at every level of the organization, with the full involvement of the Management Board in safety management
3. a corporate safety culture that incorporates safe practices, encourages communication on safety issues, and actively manages safety, giving it the same attention as financial management
4. effective implementation of standard operating procedures, including the use of checklists and the provision of instructions and information
5. introducing effective corrective measures to eliminate or reduce hazards and minimize risk
6. taking new initiatives that can contribute to increasing the level of security
7. not drawing consequences (just culture) in order to encourage effective reporting of incidents and hazards
8. a system for collecting, analyzing, and sharing safety-related data derived from operational activities
9. competent investigation of accidents, events, and incidents, identification of systemic safety deficiencies (rather than focusing on assigning blame for the results of such shortcomings). Integration of safety training (including human factors) for operational personnel and ensuring the motivation, competence, and safety awareness of all employees. Sharing acquired experience in the field of security and best practices through active exchange of information on security with other organizations.
10. ensuring an adequate level of security awareness and supervision over external entities providing services at Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport
11. systematic safety supervision and monitoring of activities to assess the implementation of safety objectives or eliminate emerging problem areas.

We do not tolerate behaviors that deliberately compromise safety and grossly negligent actions (where the consequences of such behavior could have been foreseen).

We do not take disciplinary measures when incorrect behavior and decisions are the result of a lack of training or experience, or in case of voluntary reporting; however, each case will be analyzed individually.

We do not share or use information about incidents to assign blame or liability to personnel directly involved in incidents or safety-related situations, or to others for actions, omissions, or decisions they made that are commensurate with their experience and training, or for any purpose other than maintaining or improving airport safety.

The security policy of GTL S.A. is subject to updates depending on the results of actions taken, as well as current trends in the field of civil aviation security.

As the manager of Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport, we exercise due diligence and commit the necessary resources to ensure the highest possible level of safety at the airport for the benefit of our customers and contractors. 

The manager of Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport assures that the management system covers activities related to quality monitoring and protection of published aviation data and information.