LOT Polish Airlines' takeover of Condor has been called off, meaning the German leisure carrier's future is uncertain. In January 2020 it was announced that Polish Aviation Group (PGL), the parent company of LOT, would be acquiring Condor Airlines. This…
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This situation sure is evolving rapidly, making it hard for airlines to develop long-term strategies to cope with the new reality. A few days ago we still saw airlines hesitate to allow people to change and cancel tickets for free, and now we're seeing…
Lufthansa is continuing their attack on LOT Polish Airlines, following LOT's acquisition of German leisure airline Condor. Lufthansa's argument is oh-so-ridiculous and oh-so-Lufthansa. In late January it was announced that Polish Aviation Group (PGL),…
Hey LOT Polish, you should really meet my friend oneworld... The first global alliance (Star Alliance) was formed in 1997, and for the first decade the concept was around, it was all the rage. However, at this point many would argue that the concept…
Condor has been looking for a buyer for the past several months, and it seems like they've found one. As far as I'm concerned, this deal is just about the "best case scenario" for consumers. In September 2019, Thomas Cook ceased operations. Thomas Cook…
LOT Polish has been growing significantly lately, adding long haul flights out of both Poland and Hungary (the airline just announced new routes to San Francisco and Washington for this year). However, the airline has been having issues with the engines…
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 will be launching 3x weekly flights between Warsaw and Washington…
In early 2018, Lufthansa unveiled their new livery, which represented the first major branding overhaul for the company in about 30 years. I'll admit that the livery has grown on me a bit. I found Lufthansa's old livery to be so iconic, so I struggled…
LOT Polish is an airline that has come a long way over the past few years, in particular with their all-787 long haul fleet (which sure represents an improvement over the 767s they used to fly). While the airline has been expanding nicely out of Warsaw,…
It looks like another Star Alliance airline will soon be adding service to the Bay Area. It's being reported that LOT Polish will be launching 4x weekly flights between Warsaw and San Francisco as of August 5, 2020. The flight will operate with the following…
There's a story going viral about Katarzyna Richter, who identifies herself as Operations Director for LOT Polish Cabin Crew. She has only been in this position since April 2019, but according to her LinkedIn has worked for several other airlines, including…
Lithuania is a small European country located in the Baltic region. It has a total population of around 2.8 million. Its capital, Vilnius, has an international airport handling 3.8 million passengers each year, which is not even in the top 100 airports…
This story makes zero sense to me, though it's confirmed by a LOT Polish spokesperson, so I have no clue what to make of it. The Daily Mail has the story of how a LOT Polish 787 was only allowed to depart Beijing Capital Airport last week after they…
Star Alliance member LOT Polish has an interesting long haul route network, in that they only fly to a handful of destinations in North America, but do so from multiple gateways in Central/Eastern Europe. They current operate the following North America…
A couple of days ago I wrote about the news that LOT Polish was planning on launching new transatlantic flights out of Budapest. Hungary has been without a national airline since 2012, and they've been desperate for some year-round transatlantic service.…
Now this is interesting (at least to me). Back in 2012 MALEV, the flag carrier of Hungary, went out of business. While Budapest still has service from all kinds of airlines, at the moment they're left without their own airline. For a long time Budapest…
In October 2016, LOT Polish announced that they'd add 4x weekly flights between Warsaw and Los Angeles as of April 3, 2017, which was yesterday. LOT Polish is a solid airline, and their longhaul fleet consists exclusively of 787s with fully flat seats…
Man, the Star Alliance transatlantic growth at LAX continues! Earlier this year SAS launched flights between Los Angeles and Stockholm, next April Austrian will launch flights between Los Angeles and Vienna, and now another airline is joining the club.…
Here's a simple but cute idea. Through January 6, 2015, LOT Polish is hanging a mistletoe on each of their airplanes. Here's the press release: "LOT Polish Airlines has kicked off the Christmas holidays with KISSaLOT. Mistletoe twigs have been hung in…
In a way there's an inverse correlation between award availability and the ease of searching that space online. In other words, as much as I appreciate when airlines make it easy to book award tickets online, it also means there's a lot more competition…
We boarded shortly after 7:30AM, and I quickly took my seat, 2A. There was no row one on the left side of the aircraft, so it was actually a bulkhead seat, though a very spacious one at that. For those of you not familiar with intra-Europe business class,…
We left the hotel at 5:30AM for our 7:40AM departure out of Warsaw Airport. While that's earlier than I'd usually leave, we were heading to China on a 72 hour transit without visa, so I wanted to be sure we were leaving a bit extra time just to be on…
After my flight on LOT Polish last year from Warsaw to Chicago on one of their older 767s, I was curious to see how their 787 experience compared. We boarded through door 2L, and upon presenting our boarding passes to the cabin crew, were directed left…
Hopefully my perspective will be a little different from Lucky's, as someone who's not quite as accustomed to premium travel as he is. I think on this trip, Lucky found out that having me along was the equivalent of having 13 black cats for travel companions.…
