Rome Fiumicino kicks off the summer 2026 season after a record-breaking year, continuing its consistent trajectory of growth focused on quality. In 2025, the airport exceeded the 50 million passenger threshold for the first time, handling 51.3 million travellers, representing a +18% increase versus 2019 (+7.8 million passengers) and +4% compared to 2024. Point-to-point traffic […]
May 17, 2026 | Air Service Event News
LOT Polish Airlines has been a prominent player in the aviation industry for nearly a century. Marking its 95th anniversary this year, it has weathered significant historical and economic changes, evolving into one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest airlines. In the past decade alone, LOT has grown considerably. According to Cirium schedules data, available […]
July 2, 2024 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
LOT Polish has grown considerably in the past decade. According to Cirium schedules information, available seats in Q1 (January-March) have risen by 80%. Not surprisingly, this is due to international expansion (+102%) and not the domestic market (+26%). While capacity remains 15% below the record high of Q1 2019, LOT Polish is the sixth-largest carrier […]
January 8, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
LOT Polish Airlines introduced a new weekly service between Wroclaw, in Poland’s Lower Silesia region, and Seoul ICN on Friday November 3. The 8,045-kilometre route will be maintained with the 252-seat 787-8 aircraft. It faces no competition between the two cities. Flight LO2005 departs Wroclaw in southwestern Poland at 16:25 local time, arriving in Seoul at […]
November 12, 2023 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines introduced a weekly seasonal service between Warsaw RDO and Tirana on Sunday 11 June. The 1,115-kilometre route will be maintained with the 737-800 aircraft. It faces no competition between the two airports. The Star Alliance carrier already operates year-round flights between Warsaw WAW and the Albanian capital. Flight LO2209 departs Warsaw RDO […]
June 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines on Friday 28 April inaugurated flights from the reopened Radom Airport, now officially known as Warsaw RDO. The carrier introduced two routes. 28 April: Paris CDG (3-weekly) 28 April: Rome FCO (3-weekly) The Polish flag carrier faces no competition on any of its newly launched services, all of which will be maintained with 737-family […]
May 2, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Service One recently estimated that airlines started around 1,850 new routes across Europe (excluding Russia) in 2022. Analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that airlines have already revealed plans for at least 500 more new routes starting in 2023. However, with airlines announcing additional new routes almost every day at the moment, that number […]
December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
As previously noted, the Europe-Asia market is recovering more slowly than many other inter-continental markets. There are several reasons for this. China’s zero tolerance approach to COVID has resulted in extreme travel restrictions on passengers. As a result, seat capacity between Europe and China is still down over 95% according to Cirium data for September. […]
September 14, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
LOT Polish Airlines added a new domestic route on Sunday 10 July when it began 2-weekly service from Gdansk to Zielona Góra. The 335-kilometre route will be flown on Thursdays and Sundays, until 2 October, using the Star Alliance carrier’s Q400s and faces no competition. LOT already serves Zielona Góra 6-weekly from Warsaw, and also […]
July 19, 2022 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines now offers non-stop service to Azerbaijan. On Friday 27 May the Polish flag-carrier introduced 4-weekly service between Warsaw WAW and Baku using a mix of 737-800s and newer 737 MAX 8s according to Cirium data. The 2,565-kilometre route is not served by any other carrier at present. Flights depart the Polish capital […]
June 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
On 26 September, LOT Polish Airlines began 3-weekly service on the 4,160-kilometre route between its home base in Warsaw and Dubai in the UAE. The inaugural service (flight number LO 121 operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration SP-LVA) departed Warsaw WAW at 08:21 and touched down in Dubai five hours and 22 minutes […]
September 30, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Poland’s politicians will benefit from a new service launched by LOT Polish Airlines on Monday 5 July between Warsaw WAW and Strasbourg in France. According to Cirium Data and Analytics, the service to Strasbourg operates on 5 July, 13 September, 4 October, 22 November and 13 December, while return flights take place on Thursdays; on […]
July 9, 2021 | Latest Route News +