LOT Polish has just announced a second new transatlantic route out of Warsaw for the summer of 2020, following news that the airline will launch a new Warsaw to San Francisco route.
LOT Polish Launching Washington Flights
LOT Polish will be launching 3x weekly flights between Warsaw and Washington Dulles as of June 2, 2020. The flight will operate with the following schedule on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays:
LO39 Warsaw to Washington departing 4:50PM arriving 8:30PM
LO40 Washington to Warsaw departing 10:25PM arriving 1:25PM (+1 day)
The roughly 4,500 mile flight is blocked at 9hr40min westbound and 9hr eastbound.
LOT Polish’s long haul fleet consists exclusively of 787s (both the -8 and -9 variants), so that plane will be used for the route. LOT Polish’s Dreamliners all have fully flat business class seats in a 2-2-2 configuration.
LOT Polish 787 business class
LOT Polish 787 business class
LOT Polish currently has 15 787s, and they’ll soon be taking delivery of a further two 787s, which will presumably facilitate this growth.
The new route is already bookable, though as of this moment I don’t see any award availability. I’m sure that will change soon.
How This Fits Into LOT’s Routemap
Washington will be LOT Polish’s seventh US destination, in addition to Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, and San Francisco (which was announce earlier, but will launch later).
While the airline flies to all of these destinations out of Warsaw, they also operate some other interesting flights to the US (some of which are seasonal):
- The airline flies from Krakow to Chicago, and as of May 2020 will fly from Krakow to New York
- The airline flies from Budapest to New York
- The airline flies from Rzeszów to Newark
It’s pretty incredible to see how the airline has grown, especially given that their fleet has been heavily impacted by the 787’s engine issues.
Bottom Line
It’s great to see LOT Polish launch yet another route, in particular to a Star Alliance hub, which will offer lots of connectivity. LOT Polish is the last European Star Alliance long haul airline to fly to Washington Dulles.
LOT really is doing an impressive job with their growth given their fairly limited long haul fleet, and also given that they are strong with routes to both North America and Asia.
What do you make of LOT Polish’s new flight to Washington?
(Tip of the hat to @TSniedziewski)
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