LOT plans 57 weekly flights to former Yugoslav markets
LOT Polish Airlines will maintain up to 57 weekly flights from Warsaw to markets in the former Yugoslavia this summer season, which begins on March 26. Unlike previous years, the carrier will only be serving the region from the Polish capital with a total of eight destinations. LOT will maintain operations to Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Ljubljana, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Split, Skopje and Zagreb. The airline will not return to Pristina this year due to pronounced one-directional seasonality during different parts of the summer, while services to Zadar and Rijeka will not be maintained with the carrier facing significant competition from low cost carriers on the Croatian coast.
LOT will run up to eleven weekly flights from Warsaw to both Belgrade and Zagreb with its Embraer family fleet. Ljubljana will be maintained up to nine times per week with the Embraers, while Skopje and Podgorica will operate daily. Services to the Macedonian capital will run with the Embraers, while Podgorica will see a mix of Boeing 737 and Embraer jets. The carrier will fly to Sarajevo five times per week with the Embraers while a mix of Boeing 737 and Embraer aircraft will be utilised on up to four weekly flights to Dubrovnik and three weekly rotations to Split. Operations to Croatia’s second largest city will resume on May 1 and run until the end of the summer season in late October.
The Polish national carrier faces limited competition on its services to the former Yugoslavia. It competes directly against Wizz Air on flights to Podgorica, Dubrovnik and Split. Besides point-to-point traffic, the airline carries a significant number of transfer passengers. Notably, LOT is popular with travellers from the region flying to or from the United States and Canada. The Polish carrier managed to capitalise on this segment with competitive fares last summer when many major hubs in Western Europe experienced notable issues with cancellations and delays due to chronic staff shortages, while Warsaw avoided major disruptions.
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