LOT POLISH AIRLINES WILL FLY FROM WARSAW TO KOŠICE

Polish national carrier LOT will open new route from Warsaw to Košice in March 2016. LOT will operate flights to Košice with modern Bombardier Q400 aircrafts 6 times a week. Departure from Kosice is scheduled at 5:35 a.m. and the return flight will take off from Warsaw at 10:35 p.m. With such schedule LOT’s clients can benefit from all LOT’s European morning departures and evening arrivals. Moreover, this is now the only offer for business passengers willing to complete their business trip in just one day, taking off in the morning to get back home late evening. Popular European routes, including Stockholm, Zurich Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, Paris, Geneva, Copenhagen, Brussels, Hamburg or Barcelona will be available for passengers flying from Košice via Warsaw hub where LOT offers the transfer time as short as 30 minutes!

The first flight is planned on 28th March 2016 which means that in Summer Schedule 2016 there will be nine regular year-round destinations operated from Košice: Warsaw, Vienna Prague, Kiev, Bratislava, London Luton, Milan Bergamo, Doncaster Sheffield, Bristol.

Marcin Celejewski, CEO of LOT Polish Airlines: “LOT responds to the passengers’ needs, and understands that they deserve to have a wide choice of destinations, which they can reach within nearly one hour flight to Warsaw and 30 minutes transfer in Warsaw. Only LOT can offer 30 minutes connecting time for passengers traveling from Kosice to Munich and 60 minutes connecting time for passengers travelling to Stockholm! Current proposal of other airlines operating from Kosice is not sufficient and other hubs are located at least three hours drive away. We believe that passengers will fall in love with our service and this will make us the first choice airline in Kosice.”

Michael Tmej, CEO and chairman of the management board of Košice International Airport: “LOT as new carrier for our airport and Warsaw as a new destination is a real fantastic additional opportunity for many passengers. Business travellers from and to Warsaw can use a more comfortable, quicker way, and for their transfer to other destinations the choice is enriched. For leisure travel, tourists in both directions find a wonderful additional offer. We are glad to welcome LOT at Košice International airport” – says Michael Tmej, CEO of Košice International Airport.”

Tomáš Jančuš, CEO deputy and member of the management board of Košice International Airport: “There are always two sides necessary for an agreement and I am glad that after three years of negotiations we agreed with LOT Polish Airlines regarding the opening of route Warsaw – Košice. Thanks to that passengers from our catchment area can choose from wide offer from three big central European hubs: Prague, Vienna and Warsaw.“
Richard Raši, the mayor of Košice said: “With LOT coming to Košice, our city and whole Eastern Slovakia will have the third network carrier what no other Slovak city can say. I am glad that Košice will be connected not only to Warsaw but also to more than 60 destinations in three continents which are available in LOT´s network. I believe that this new air service will bring many Polish tourists to explore our wonderful city and surrounding region.”

Renáta Lenártová, vicemayor of Košice and chairman of the management board of Košice Tourism: “Poland is the second largest market for incoming tourism in Slovakia. Starting a route from Warsaw to Košice with six weekly flights brings a tremendous potential for even higher number of Polish tourists in whole Eastern Slovakia, incl. High Tatras.”
Zdenko Trebuľa, president of Košice Self-governing Region: “With an air service from Warsaw Košice and whole region of Eastern Slovakia gain extraordinary strong impulse for further development. I am convinced that year-round connection with additional European capital will have significant impact on tourism industry in the whole region from Tokaj vineyards to Tatra mountains and investors and business travellers will have opportunity to fly beyond Warsaw to all directions.“