LOT Charters
{{Short description|Polish charter airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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|logo = LOT Charters logo.png
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|ICAO = CLW
|callsign = CENTRAL WINGS
|parent = LOT Polish Airlines
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|commenced = {{start date and age|2009}}
|headquarters = Warsaw, Poland
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|bases = Warsaw Chopin Airport
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|website = [http://www.lot.com/us/en/lot-charters-about-us lot.com]
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LOT Charters is a subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, offering charter flights on behalf of tour operators under a separate Air Operator's Certificate{{Cite web|url=http://airfleets.net/flottecie/LOT%20Charters.htm|title=LOT Charters Fleet | Airfleets aviation|accessdate=21 December 2023}} using LOT's aircraft.
History
File:Boeing 737-4Q8, LOT Charters (LOT - Polish Airlines - Polskie Linie Lotnicze) AN1677085.jpg in 2010.]]
LOT Charters launched flight operations on 1 June 2009. The airline expected 400,000 annual passengers on its short and long haul flights (the latter ones being operated using the Boeing 767-300ER aircraft of mainline LOT), which would allow it to reach a 25 percent market share and establish a leading position among charter carriers operating on the Polish market.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}} Charter contracts have been signed with Neckermann, TUI, and Rainbow Tours amongst others.[http://www.lot.com/web/lotcharters/our-product# List of tour operators co-operating with LOT Charters (in Polish)]
LOT Charters was scheduled to close its operations in October 2013, as LOT removed all of its Boeing 737-400s used by LOT Charters out of its fleet. This is part of the fleet restructuring program to renew LOT's fleet with newer aircraft, replacing the twenty-year-old Boeing 737 and 767s.http://www.pasazer.com/in-11311 {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} flota,lot,poczatek,konca,b737,i,b767.php#.UEceEaCgZUk However, LOT Charters hasn't been closed and is currently offering charter operations using other aircraft of the mainline LOT fleet, including the Boeing 787-8.[http://www.lot.com/us/en/lot-charters-about-us About us] lot.com
Fleet
As of December 2021, LOT Charters does not have any aircraft of its own. Instead, it uses aircraft belong to its parent company, LOT.
References
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External links
- [http://www.lot.com/us/en/lot-charters-about-us Official website]
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