LOT PLANS EXTRA CAPACITY TO HANDLE HEATHROW BOOM
Larger aircraft are to be introduced by LOT Polish Airlines on its London-Heathrow to Warsaw service to cope with booming business class traffic. The Polish national carrier has recorded growth of more than 50 per cent* in executive travellers since the introduction of its summer schedule (March 30 2008), when it became the only carrier flying to Warsaw from Heathrow. British Airways has shifted its Warsaw flights to Gatwick.
From June, LOT will replace its current 108-seat Boeing 737-500s with the larger 400 range, offering 147 seats on its peak time services. LOT’s UK and Ireland regional director, Slawomir Noszczak, commented: ‘We always believed that business travellers would want to continue to fly to Warsaw from Heathrow and our exceptional sales figures speak for themselves. ‘Business class sales are booming and we need additional capacity to meet demand. The larger 737-400s will undoubtedly help us meet it, particularly as we have a flexible business class cabin configuration.’
LOT has also recently introduced online check-in for Warsaw-bound passengers to ease their passage through Heathrow’s Terminal 1. The summer schedule also saw LOT resuming services to Beijing after an absence of almost 10 years.
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Transport
5/2/2008 5:39:44 PM UTC 
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