LOT Polish Airlines

LOT plane held at St Petersburg airport for arrest of dissident

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A Polish LOT plane was ordered to taxi back to its starting position at St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport on Monday evening, after which Russian security officers boarded and arrested a Russian dissident, Polish media have reported.

Polish flag carrier expands summer services as Covid eases

Polish national airline LOT will fly to more than 100 destinations in Europe this summer and will restore selected North American and Asian connections, the company said in a press release.

National air carrier LOT to focus on tourism

Airline PLL LOT plans to develop links with travel agencies as the carrier looks to offset losses caused by the collapse of international business travel owing to the pandemic.

Polish airline LOT and unions seal staff layoff accord

Poland's flagship airline PLL LOT will lay off up to 300 staff under an agreement sealed on Wednesday with the company's unions.

Gov't raises LOT's capital by EUR 243 million in first tranche of aid

The Polish government has raised the capital of PLL LOT, the national airline, by PLN 1.1 billion (EUR 243 million) in the first tranche of a government aid programme for the flag carrier.

EC approves public aid for Polish national airline

The European Commission, on Tuesday, greenlighted an EUR 650 million (around PLN 2.9 billion) public aid tranche for Poland's flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines as it struggles with the pandemic crisis.

Polish airliner to send its biggest plane to London on Monday afternoon

LOT Polish Airways has announced that it will use one of its biggest aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, on one of its last flights to the UK before a flight ban kicks in at midnight on Monday.

LOT airlines to get EUR 631 mln in state aid - daily

LOT Polish Airlines will receive a financial support package worth hundreds of millions of euros as it wrestles with a crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Polish media has claimed.

Polish flag carrier reports major fall in passenger numbers

Polish national airline LOT said on Monday that due to the Covid-19 pandemic it would probably carry about 2 million passengers in 2020, a fraction of the number it had expected to handle.

Polish flag carrier LOT resumes Budapest-Seoul flights

Polish national airline LOT on Monday reinstated its direct Budapest-Soul connection after a four-month suspension due to the coronavirus epidemic, Budapest Airport operator has announced.

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