UPSIDE: PLENTY OF FACILITIES FOR THE AIRBRIDGE TO RESIST A RUSSIAN INVASION. EU funds help Poland build ‘ghost’ airports. “The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business. The result is gleaming new airport terminals which, even at the peak of the holiday season, echo to the sound of empty concourses and spend millions trying to attract airlines.”