LOT Polish Airlines, We Cannot Wait to Serve You!
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Welcome on board lot.com Fly with LOT Welcome on board LOT Polish Airlines, we cannot wait to serve you! LOT is a modern airline connecing Central and Eastern Europe with the rest of the world. Flying for 90 years makes LOT one of the oldest airlines in Europe operaing coninuously under the same brand. In 2018 LOT carried nearly 9 million passengers, enjoying the most comfortable journey through Warsaw to more than 100 desinaions in the world. In order to meet the requirements of the most demanding customers, LOT is constantly developing, invesing in its leet and improving the services. Innovaion is the priority. LOT’s hub in Warsaw is one of the most efecive and comfortable airports in Poland and the whole of Europe. The perfectly planned network of LOT lights provides quick transfers and convenient departure and arrival imes. Since 2003, LOT has been a member of Star Alliance – the world’s largest airline alliance ofering worldwide reach and top-quality ground and in-light service. The Star Alliance partnership enables LOT’s frequent travellers to enjoy an array of beneits, including dedicated business lounges and fast tracks at most airports in the world. Miles awarded for lights in loyalty programs can be redeemed for ickets on lights with all other Star Alliance members. At the end of 2016, LOT became a strategic partner of Estonian airlines NORDICA. DESTINATIONS 8,8 MILLION 90 YEARS OF 100+ OPERATED PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE BY SCHEDULED CARRIED IN 2018 AND TRADITION FLIGHTS Be our Guest! 2018 LOT’s irst Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner came at the beginning of 2018 2017 First Boeing 737 MAX 8 joined LOT’S leet 2013 LOT became the irst airline in Europe to operate on Boeing 787 Dreamliner 2003 LOT joined Star Alliance 1989 LOT became the irst airline in CEE to operate on the brand new Boeing 767 leet 1973 LOT launched interconinental lights already in the 70’s. In 1973 the irst airplane in Polish livery with the crane logo lands in New York 1931 ‘Crane’ was oicially accepted as the LOT Polish Airlines livery 1930 LOT joined IATA 1929 LOT was established as the 3rd airline in Europe and 6th in the world LOT Polish Airlines DEVELOPMENT OF ASIAN MARKETS The number of passengers travelling from Asia LOT is strongly devoted to tapping into the huge Asian to Europe is dynamically growing. Central and tourist market. One out of every four tourists worldwide Eastern Europe attracts smaller yet expanding comes from Asia and this proporion is improving. part of all visits. 10 percent of Asian tourists visit Europe each year and their numbers are dynamically growing, especially in Western Europe PAX from Asia (m) 25 Central and Eastern Europe where yearly increases of Asian visitors are oten double-digit. Eastern Europe 20 Asian countries consitute natural target markets for LOT 15 which due to the geographical advantages of its hub in 20,4 Poland is well predesined for gaining a signiicant part 18,9 18,1 10 of the Asia-Europe passenger traic. The shorter Polar 15,9 16,6 route helps LOT to be compeiive on routes to East Asia 14,6 15,3 5 and its solid posiion in CEE region makes LOT the best choice for East and South Asian passengers heading to 2,3 2,6 3,0 2,9 2,9 3,2 4,1 this part of Europe. 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Source: Sabre Poland is home to some of the biggest South Korean and Asian investments in Europe and many companies Korea and Japan are the biggest Asian investors in from China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Singapore etc. have also Poland, even though oicial staisics do not give the invested in Poland. full picture. In fact the numbers are at least twice as high Presence of LG Group factories, Samsung R&D Centers, as many non-European investments oicially come to Toyota, Sharp, Panasonic or Toshiba is generaing Poland from other EU Member States where a subsidiary remarkable business traic and LOT is doing its best to of a foreign company is established irst (shall the taxes answer that need. be more atracive). With FDI stock of 186 billion USD (end of 2016) Poland is FDI stock (2016, million USD) 1000 a signiicant player on the global investment market. EY’s 770,1 700,3 European Atraciveness Survey 2016 implied Poland as the 1st most atracive FDI desinaion in CEE (and 5th most atracive in Europe). With One Belt One Road 351,6 500 development strategy proposed by China and with the incoming Brexit which will incline many non-European 130,5 companies to move to other desinaions within the EU, 60,2 Poland has good perspecives to become a hub for Asian 0 investments in Europe. Development of new Asian India China Hongkong South Korea Japan routes becomes therefore one of the prioriies for LOT. LOT Polish Airlines DEVELOPMENT OF ASIAN MARKETS Non-domestic O&D for LOT’s Asian connections are Thanks to its extensive network of European not only Central and Eastern European destinations but connecions and constantly expanding routes many Western European destinations as well. to Asia, LOT gives European passengers very suitable travelling opportuniies to Asia. At the TOKYO light SEOUL light BEIJING light SINGAPORE light same ime, Asian passengers travelling with (since Jan 2016) (since Oct 2016) (since May 2012) (since May 2018) LOT to Europe or North America can enjoy NRT-WAW 11h05 ICN-WAW 10h40 PEK-WAW 9h25 SIN-WAW 11h55 convenient connecion opportuniies in Warsaw. WAW-NRT 10h35 WAW-ICN 9h40 WAW-PEK 8h05 WAW-SIN 12h10 There is almost no place in Europe where an Main non-domestic O&D (2018) Asian passenger cannot easily travel with LOT. Paris 2h25 Prague 1h15 London 1h50 Paris 1h10 Warsaw is visibly becoming the best alternaive Prague 1h15 Zagreb 1h40 Paris 2h25 Prague 1h50 for other tradiional European hubs. London 2h50 Budapest 1h20 Prague 1h15 Zagreb 2h25 Tel Aviv 4h45 Paris 2h25 Budapest 1h20 Budapest 1h00 In future, when a new Central hub in Poland is Vienna 1h20 Milan 2h15 Milan 2h15 Amsterdam 1h05 built according to government’s announcement (projected capacity: 60 million PAX), LOT is hoping to become one of the leading European airlines bringing Asian businessmen to Europe. Further TORONTO ST. PETERSBURG OSLO TALLINN expansion of LOT in Asia will be focused mainly STOCKHOLM GOTHENBURG CHICAGO ASTANA NEWARK LOS ANGELES NEW YORK RIGA on business traic. TOKYO MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO BILLUND COPENHAGEN PALANGA BEIJING NORTH KAUNAS SEOUL KALININGRAD NEW DELHI MIAMI AMERICA MOSCOW DOMODEDOVO MINSK HAMBURG VILNIUS LOT’s Premium Economy class was already HANNOVER WARSAW AMSTERDAM BERLIN LONDON CITY DÜSSELDORF KYIV ZHULIANY SINGAPORE PRAGUE FRANKFURT ASIA ranked as one of the best in Europe and LOT’s LONDON HEATHROW LVIV LUXEMBOURG NUREMBERG KIEV BORISPOL KHARKOV BRUSSELS PARIS KOSICE STUTTGART MUNICH Business Class on all long-haul lights is highly VIENNA BUDAPEST ZAPORIZHIA CHISINAU ZURICH CLUJNAPOCA LJUBLJANA GENEVE ZAGREB TURIN MILAN ODESSA appreciated by Asian passengers. BELGRADE PULA BUCHAREST VENICE ZADAR NICE SPLIT VARNA SOFIA DUBROVNIK BARCELONA TBILISI ISTANBUL PODGORICA SKOPJE To meet the highest requirements of the business MADRID YEREVAN CORFU POLAND GDANSK travelers, LOT’s wide-body leet development OLSZTYN SZCZECIN BYDGOSZCZ LARNACA POZNAN program is based on Boeing 787-8 and Boeing CHICAGO WARSAW LVIV BEIRUT ZIELONA GORA NEWARK LUBLIN WROCLAW TEL AVIV 787-9 Dreamliners that are perfectly suited KYIV ZHULIANY KRAKOW KATOWICE RZESZOW TEL AVIV for long-haul lights thanks to great in-light TURIN BUDAPEST entertainment, seats reclining to full-lat, lower LOT’S WORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS noise and higher cabin pressure. These planes will FEBRUARY 2019 be operated with following coniguraion Y: 213, P: 21, C: 18 (B787-8) and Y: 249, P: 21, C: 24 (B787-9). By 2020 LOT plans to operate 16 such aircrats on its network. Best available planes, very convenient light schedule as well as short and pleasant connecing ime in Warsaw, with an opion to travel anywhere further in Europe, will be the pillars of LOT’s ofer for Asian travelers. Travel with LOT around Poland GDAŃSK OLSZTYN SZCZECIN 55 55 min Krakw hosts many annual fesivals 65 min min such as: the Jewish Culture Fesival min 75 held at the end of June, Internaional POZNAŃ WARSAW 55 min Jazz Fesival held in April, Lajkonik Parade during the spring ime. If you 60 min ZIELONA GÓRA min 50 like culinary experiences you need to 55 min min WROCŁAW 55 try the famous bagels from Krakw. 50 LUBLIN min min KATOWICE 55 Poznań KRAKÓW RZESZÓW Pozna is the ith largest city in Poland and it has a lot to ofer! If you visit the Old Market Square, take a minute to see the clock with Gdańsk mechanical goats installed in the Town Hall. The goats appear every Gdask is the capital of Pomerania and the largest city of Kashubia. day at noon. Pozna is associated It is a place with a long history. The city was destroyed during World with the igure of St. Marin. The War II and later regained its glory to become one of the most vibrant celebraion of St. Marin’s Day is ciies in Poland. The symbol of Gdask is the Fountain of Neptune on November 11th and annually – situated in the center of the Long Market – a masterpiece by the city is full of street markets architect Abraham van den Blocke. While walking around with many atracions. The day the Old Town you must see the St. usually ends with a ireworks Mary’s Church, the second largest show.