LOT confident in Ljubljana service

Thursday, February 11, 2016

LOT Polish Airlines, which will commence services from Warsaw to Ljubljana on March 1, says it is confident in the success of its new route to the Slovenian capital. The Polish airline says it is primarily targeting transfer passengers on the route heading to and from the United States. Speaking at a press conference, LOT's representative in Slovenia, Adrian Kubicki, said the airline wants to become the carrier of choice for Slovenian travellers seeking connections to Toronto, New York, Chicago and Beijing. "They will no longer have to travel through overcrowded and complex airport hubs in Western Europe", he added. LOT will run six weekly flights on the route with its Embraer aircraft. It will compete against Adria's three weekly service between the two capitals. "Adria is our competitor, but also our partner. I think we will have no trouble filling seats between us", Mr Kubicki noted. The Polish Ambassador to Slovenia, Pawel Czerwinski, emphasised that better connections will have a significant impact on relations between the two countries. "Our two countries are almost neighbours, but Poles and Slovenians don't know each other well enough", he said. He added there were still many opportunities for business cooperation, noting that the number of Slovenian tourists visiting Poland is still very low. In January, LOT resumed flights from Warsaw to Belgrade and Zagreb as well.