Eurolot
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EuroLOT is an airline
based in Warsaw
, Poland
. Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines
, its current main shareholder is the State Treasury
with 62.1% of shares, while LOT retains 37.9%. It operates for its parent company as a short-haul operator, as well as ad-hoc charter flights. Its main base is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
.
and 8 ATR 72-202
leased from LOT together with aircrew. Between 1998 and 2000 EuroLOT also operated two 18-seat BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft. The primary task of EuroLOT was to reconstruct the network of domestic and regional flights while reducing operational costs and to create new value in the field of domestic air transport. In 2000 the company ceased to be an independent carrier and became an operator. In the same year EuroLOT took over all ATR aircraft from LOT. In 2002 EuroLOT began to modernize its fleet by replacing ATR42-300 with newer ATR 42-500
. It has 278 employees (March 2007). During the 2011 summer season, EuroLOT started flying Polish regional routes under its own name in addition to flying under the LOT umbrella. Starting in December 2011, EuroLOT plans to introduce flights from Gdańsk and Warsaw to Poprad, Slovakia in addition to expanding rapidly in domestic market.
As of June 2011, the EuroLOT fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 16.7 years::
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines
LOT Polish Airlines
Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. , trading as LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of Poland. Based in Warsaw, LOT was established in 1929, making it one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation. Using a fleet of 55 aircraft, LOT operates a complex network to 60 destinations in Europe,...
, its current main shareholder is the State Treasury
State Treasury
State Treasury in Polish law represents the Polish state in certain legal aspects. It can be represented by various officials or institutions depending on circumstances....
with 62.1% of shares, while LOT retains 37.9%. It operates for its parent company as a short-haul operator, as well as ad-hoc charter flights. Its main base is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport is an international airport located in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. Poland's busiest airport, Warsaw Chopin handles just under 50% of the country's air passenger traffic....
.
History
EuroLOT was established on 19 December 1996 and commenced regular air operations on 1 July 1997. Initially EuroLOT operated as an air carrier with its own network of connections. At that time EuroLOT’s fleet was made up of turboprop aircraft: 5 owned ATR 42-300ATR 42
-Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type....
and 8 ATR 72-202
ATR 72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...
leased from LOT together with aircrew. Between 1998 and 2000 EuroLOT also operated two 18-seat BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft. The primary task of EuroLOT was to reconstruct the network of domestic and regional flights while reducing operational costs and to create new value in the field of domestic air transport. In 2000 the company ceased to be an independent carrier and became an operator. In the same year EuroLOT took over all ATR aircraft from LOT. In 2002 EuroLOT began to modernize its fleet by replacing ATR42-300 with newer ATR 42-500
ATR 42
-Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type....
. It has 278 employees (March 2007). During the 2011 summer season, EuroLOT started flying Polish regional routes under its own name in addition to flying under the LOT umbrella. Starting in December 2011, EuroLOT plans to introduce flights from Gdańsk and Warsaw to Poprad, Slovakia in addition to expanding rapidly in domestic market.
Destinations
EuroLOT serves the following destinations (as of June 2010):| † | Hub |
| * | Operated by EuroLOT and LOT LOT Polish Airlines Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. , trading as LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of Poland. Based in Warsaw, LOT was established in 1929, making it one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation. Using a fleet of 55 aircraft, LOT operates a complex network to 60 destinations in Europe,... |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Ref | Commenced | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
 Germany |
TXL | EDDT | Berlin Tegel Airport * | - | present | |
| Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... |
Germany |
FRA | EDDF | Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport may refer to:Airports of Frankfurt, Germany:*Frankfurt Airport , the largest airport in Germany*Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation airport*Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , a converted U.S... * |
- | present | |
| Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... |
 Poland |
GDN | EPGD | Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport * | - | present | |
| Katowice Katowice Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2... |
Poland |
KTW | EPKT | Katowice International Airport Katowice International Airport Katowice International Airport is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, north of center of Katowice, Poland. The airport has third biggest passenger flow in Poland.... * |
- | present | |
| Kraków Kraków Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life... |
Poland |
KRK | EPKK | John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice -Traffic:Figures in MillionsThe busiest international routes are to London and Dublin.-Getting there:In addition to road access by private car or taxi, other options are:-By train:... * |
- | present | |
| Lviv Lviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following... |
 Ukraine |
LWO | UKLL | Lviv International Airport Lviv International Airport Lviv International Airport is an airport in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers. The airport is located from downtown Lviv. Facilities at the airport include a café and shop as well as bus services to the city.-Future expansion:... * |
- | present | |
| Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
Germany |
MUC | EDDM | Munich Airport * | - | present | |
| Poprad Poprad Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 55,000.The Poprad-Tatry Airport is... -Tatry |
 Slovakia |
TAT | LZTT | Poprad-Tatry Airport Poprad-Tatry Airport Poprad-Tatry Airport , is an airport in the Slovak ski resort town of Poprad.Poprad-Tatry Airport is the airport with highest elevation in Central Europe... * |
8 December 2011 | ||
| Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... |
Poland |
POZ | EPPO | Poznań-Ławica Airport * | - | present | |
| Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
 Latvia |
RIX | EVRA | Riga International Airport Riga International Airport -Cargo airlines:*DHL Express*Inversija*RAF-Avia*Sprintair*TNT NV*Transavibaltika*UPS-Traffic statistics:Riga International Airport is one of three notable airports in Latvia. The other two are Liepāja International Airport and Ventspils Airport. Riga International Airport's biggest air carrier is... * |
- | present | |
| Rzeszów Rzeszów Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley... |
Poland |
RZE | EPRZ | Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland, and has seasonal transatlantic connections.... * |
- | present | |
| Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... |
Poland |
SZZ | EPSC | Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport * | - | present | |
| Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County... |
 Lithuania |
VNO | EYVI | Vilnius International Airport Vilnius International Airport Vilnius International Airport is the largest civil airport in Lithuania. It is located south of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It began operations in 1944. The old terminal was built in 1954.- History:... * |
- | present | |
| Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
Poland |
WAW | EPWA | Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport Warsaw Chopin Airport is an international airport located in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. Poland's busiest airport, Warsaw Chopin handles just under 50% of the country's air passenger traffic.... † * |
1 July 1997 | present | |
| Wrocław | Poland |
WRO | EPWR | Copernicus Airport Wrocław * | - | present | |
Fleet
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 42-500 ATR 42 -Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type.... |
4 | 46 | |
| ATR 72-202 ATR 72 The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology... |
10 | 64 | |
| Embraer 175 | 3 | 82 | 2 operated for the Polish Government |
| Total | 17 |