Editing LOT Polish Airlines

{{Short description|Flag carrier of Poland}}
{{redirect|LOT|other uses|Lot (disambiguation){{!}}Lot}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline = LOT Polish Airlines <br /><small>''Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.''</small>
| logo = LOT Polish Airlines.svg
| logo_size = 150
| image = LOT Boeing 787-8 (SP-LRA) arrives London Heathrow 11Apr2015 arp.jpg
| caption = A [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner#787-8|Boeing 787]] of LOT Polish Airlines
| image_upright = 1.15
| image_size = 
| IATA = LO
| ICAO = LOT
| callsign = LOT<ref>{{cite web|title=JO 7340.2K – Contractions – Including Change 1|url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2K_CHG_1_dtd_12_31_20.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2K_CHG_1_dtd_12_31_20.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=20 April 2021|page=3-1-66|date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
| founded = {{start date and age|1928|12|29|df=yes}}<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://corporate.lot.com/pl/en/history|title=History|work=lot.com|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
| commenced = {{start date and age|1929|01|01|df=yes}}
| ceased = 
| aoc = 
| bases = 
| hubs = {{nowrap|[[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw–Chopin]]}}
| secondary_hubs = {{ubl|
  | {{nowrap|[[Katowice Airport|Katowice]]}}
  | {{nowrap|[[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]]}}
   }}
| focus_cities = {{ubl|
  | {{nowrap|[[Katowice Airport|Katowice]]}}
  | {{nowrap|[[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]]}}
  | {{nowrap|[[Wrocław]]}}
   }}
| frequent_flyer = [[Miles & More]]
| alliance = [[Star Alliance]]
| subsidiaries = {{ubl|
  | {{nowrap|[[LOT Charters]]}}
  | {{nowrap| LOT Cargo }}
   }}
| fleet_size = 87
| destinations = [[List of LOT Polish Airlines destinations|146]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LOT Polish Airlines on ch-aviation |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/LO |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=ch-aviation}}</ref>
| parent = [[Polish Aviation Group]]
| num_employees = 10,700 (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| headquarters = [[Warsaw]], Poland
| key_people = Michał Fijoł ([[CEO]])
| revenue = {{increase}} PLN 9.93 billion (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| profit = {{increase}} PLN 805.7 million (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} PLN 805.7 million (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| net_income = {{increase}} PLN 688.5 million (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| assets = {{increase}} US$1.39 billion (2017)<ref name="pasazer article">{{cite web|url=https://www.pasazer.com/news/39099/analiza,wynikow,finansowych,lot,u,za,2017,r.html|title=Pasazer.com: Analiza wyników finansowych LOT-u za 2017 r.|website=Pasazer.com}}</ref>
| equity = {{increase}} PLN 1.142 billion (2024)<ref name="LOT Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://pressoffice.lot.com/383651-lot-polish-airlines-achieved-record-results-in-2024|title=LOT Polish Airlines Achieved Record Results in 2024|website=pressoffice.lot.com}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.lot.com}}
}}

'''LOT Polish Airlines''', legally incorporated as '''Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT [[S.A. (corporation)|S.A.]]''' ({{IPA|pl|lɔt}}, ''flight''), is the [[flag carrier]] of [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/752786/LOT-Polish-Airlines-the-flag-carrier-of-Poland|title=Behance|date=October 2010 |access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> A founding member of [[IATA]], it remains one of the [[List of airlines by foundation date|world's oldest airlines]] in operation.{{r|History}} With a fleet of 80 aircraft as of August 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/lot-w-liczbach |language=pl |title=Najciekawsze fakty i liczby o LOT |website=lot.com |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref> LOT Polish Airlines is the 18th largest operator in Europe, serving 105 domestic and international destinations across Europe, Asia and North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LOT Polish Airlines on ch-aviation |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/LO |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=ch-aviation}}</ref> The airline was founded on 29 December 1928 by the Polish government during the [[Second Polish Republic]] as a self-governing limited liability corporation, taking over existing domestic airlines [[Aerolot]] (founded in 1922) and [[Aero (Polish airline)|Aero]] (founded in 1925), and began operations on 1 January 1929.{{r|History}}

During the 1930s, LOT expanded its domestic and international routes, leading to a network spanning over 10,250&nbsp;km by 1939. It also expanded its fleet, acquiring [[Douglas DC-2]] and [[Lockheed L-188 Electra|Lockheed Electra]] and various other aircraft. The airline moved its operations to the new [[Warsaw Chopin Airport#The pre-war and wartime Okęcie (1934–45)|Warsaw Okęcie Airport]] in 1934. However, the [[outbreak of World War II]] in 1939 led to the suspension of services and evacuation of most of LOT's aircraft. Post-war, LOT was reestablished in 1945 as a [[State-owned enterprise|state enterprise]], primarily operating Soviet-built aircraft due to Poland becoming a [[Polish People's Republic|communist state]] in 1948. Resuming both domestic and international flights, LOT operated a fleet consisting of [[Ilyushin Il-18]], [[Ilyushin Il-62]], [[Tupolev Tu-134]], and [[Antonov An-24]], among others, serving routes across Europe, the Middle East, and eventually launching transatlantic flights to North America in the early 1970s.

In the post-1989 era, following the [[fall of communism in Poland]], LOT transitioned to Western aircraft, including the acquisition of [[Boeing 767]] for [[long-haul]] routes. The airline joined the [[Star Alliance]] in 2003. In 2012, LOT became the first European operator of [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]].<ref name=":0" /> In recent years, the airline faced a failed [[privatization]] attempt and a temporary suspension of operations due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Most of the destinations originate from its [[airline hub|hub]] at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]].<ref name="staralliance.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/lot-polish_airlines/#|title=LOT Polish Airlines – Star Alliance|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2014/06/03/lot-polish-airlines-eyes-up-gauge-to-737-max-and-a320neo-and-touts-787-improvement/|title=LOT Polish Airlines Eyes Up-Gauge to 737 MAX and A320neo and Touts 787 Improvement|work=Airchive|access-date=24 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405122446/http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2014/06/03/lot-polish-airlines-eyes-up-gauge-to-737-max-and-a320neo-and-touts-787-improvement/|archive-date=5 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 2018, LOT has maintained one long-haul route from [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport]] in [[Hungary]] where it operates regularly scheduled flights to [[Seoul]] all year round.  The route is scheduled to end on 26 March 2025.

==History==
===Pre-war LOT of the Second Republic===
[[File:Trójsilnikowy samolot pasażerski typu "Fokker" z podwoziem płozowym należący do Polskich Linii Lotniczych "LOT" (1-G-1709-2).jpg|thumb|A trimotor [[Fokker F.VII|Fokker F.VIIB-3m]] airliner, registration SP-ABC (equipped with skis), serving the Warsaw-Bucharest route]]

When the airline was founded in 1928, Poland's [[State Treasury]] had 86% of the shares in the line, with the rest belonging to the [[Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)|Province of Silesia]] and the city of [[Poznań]].<ref name=mazur34>Mazur 2016, p. 34-38</ref> At the beginning of the 1930s, in addition to existing services from Warsaw to [[Kraków]], [[Poznań]], [[Gdańsk]] and [[Lviv|Lwów]], new service to [[Bydgoszcz]] and [[Katowice]] was introduced. In 1932, LOT began flying to [[Vilnius|Wilno]].<ref name="sam2-12">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1919–1930'', p.12-13 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> It was also at this point, in 1931, that LOT's well-renowned logo, the "Flying Crane" (designed by a visual artist from [[Warsaw]], Tadeusz Gronowski, and still in use today) was picked as the winning entry of the airline's logo design competition.

[[File:LOT Polish Airlines logo, original kontest-winning 1929 design by Tadeusz Gronowski - historia logo15.png|thumb|left|Original logo design from 1929, by [[Tadeusz Gronowski]]]]
In the same year, the company's first multi-segment international flight along the route Warsaw – Lwów – [[Czerniowce]] – [[Bucharest]] was launched. In next years there followed services to [[Berlin]], [[Athens]], [[Helsinki]], [[Budapest]], including some waypoints.<ref name="sam2-12"/> By 1939 the lines were extended to [[Beirut]], [[Rome]], [[Copenhagen]], reaching {{cvt|10,250|km}} of routes.<ref name="sam2-12"/> The [[Douglas DC-2]], [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra|Lockheed Model 10A Electra]] and [[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra|Model 14H Super Electra]] joined the fleet in 1935, 1936 and 1938 respectively<ref name="sam3-1">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1931–1939'', 2nd cover, p.1 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> (During this period, LOT had 10 Lockheed 10, 10 Lockheed 14, 3 DC-2 and 1 [[Junkers Ju 52|Ju 52/3mge]]). Several Polish aircraft designs were tested, but only the single-engined [[PWS-24]] airliner was acquired in any number. In 1934, after five years of operating under the LOT name, the airline received new head offices, technical facilities, hangars, workshops, and warehouses located at the new, modern [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw Okęcie Airport]]. This constituted a move from the airline's previous base at [[Pole Mokotowskie]], as this airport had become impossible to operate safely due it gradually becoming absorbed into Warsaw's outlying urban and residential areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lot.com/web/lot/history |title=LOT Polish Airlines – book cheap flights and airline tickets on-line |publisher=Lot.com |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126033514/http://www.lot.com/us/en/web/newlot/home |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:LOT DC-2 LOC matpc 22394u.jpg|thumb|Passengers disembark a pre-war LOT [[Douglas DC-2]] aircraft.]]
In 1938, LOT changed its name, following the [[History of Polish orthography|Polish spelling reform of that year]] from Polskie Linje Lotnicze 'LOT' to Polskie Linie Lotnicze 'LOT'.{{r|History}} That same year, a [[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra#Record-breaking flights|well-publicised transatlantic test flight]] from Los Angeles via Buenos Aires, [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], Dakar to Warsaw, aimed at judging the feasibility of introducing passenger service on the Poland-United States route, was successfully executed.<ref name=mazur25>Mazur 2016, p. 25</ref> There were plans to open services to London and Moscow, and even transatlantic service in 1940.<ref name=mazur34/> The airline had carried 218,000 passengers before the services were suspended after the outbreak of [[World War II]] on 1 September 1939 and during the following German occupation of Poland; most of LOT's [[aircraft]] were evacuated to Romania, two to [[Baltic states]], and three L-14H to Great Britain.<ref name="sam2-12"/> In 1939 there were 697 employees, including 25 pilots, most of which were evacuated along with the planes. 13 airliners that got to Romania were seized by the Romanian government.<ref>Mazur 2016, p. 55-57</ref> For the duration of the Second World War, the airline suspended operations.

===LOT during Polish People's Republic===
[[File:LOT Ilyushin Il-18 Bidini.jpg|thumb|A LOT [[Ilyushin Il-18]] landing at [[Rome Ciampino Airport]] in 1977]]

After the Soviet occupation of Poland, from August 1944 until December 1945 the [[Polish Air Force]] maintained basic transport in the country; from March 1945 there were regular routes maintained by Civil Aviation Department of the Air Force.<ref name=sam2/> On 10 March 1945 the Polish government recreated the LOT airline, as a [[state-owned enterprise]] (Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Polskie Linie Lotnicze 'LOT'), which would mainly fly Soviet-built aircraft, owing to the tensions of the [[Cold War]] and Poland being a member of the [[Warsaw Pact]].<ref name=sam2/> In 1946, seven years after service was first suspended, the airline restarted its operations after receiving ten Soviet-built ex-Air Force [[Lisunov Li-2]]Ts, then further passenger Li-2Ps and nine [[Douglas C-47]]s.<ref name=sam2/> Both domestic and international services restarted that year, first to Berlin, Paris, [[Stockholm]] and [[Prague]].<ref name="sam2">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', 2nd cover {{in lang|pl}}</ref> In 1947 there were added routes to Bucharest, Budapest, Belgrad and Copenhagen.<ref name=sam2/> 
Five modern, although troublesome [[SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc|SE.161 Languedoc]] joined the fleet for a short period in 1947–1948, followed by five [[Ilyushin Il-12]]B in 1949; 13–20 [[Ilyushin Il-14]]s then followed in 1955–1957.<ref name="sam2"/> After the end of [[Stalinism]] in Poland, few Western aircraft would be acquired; five [[Convair 240]]s in 1957 and three [[Vickers Viscount]]s in 1962 proved to be the last until the 1990s.<ref name="sam3"/> After that, the composition of the airline's fleet shifted exclusively to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-produced aircraft.<ref name="sam3">Adam Jońca, ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', WKiŁ, Warsaw 1986, {{ISBN|83-206-0530-X}} {{in lang|pl}}</ref> Only in 1955 LOT inaugurated services to [[Moscow]], being the centre of the Marxist–Leninist world, and to [[Vienna]].<ref name=sam2/> Services to [[London]] and [[Zürich]] were not re-established until 1958, and to Rome until 1960.<ref name=sam3/>

[[File:Tupolev Tu-134 SP-LGA LOT FRA 28.07.74 edited-2.jpg|thumb|A LOT [[Tupolev Tu-134]] on approach to [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]] in 1974]]

Nine [[Ilyushin Il-18]] turboprop airliners were introduced in June 1961, leading to the establishment of routes to Africa and the Middle East, and in 1963 LOT expanded its routes to serve [[Cairo]].<ref name=sam3/> In the 1970s there were added lines to [[Baghdad]], [[Beirut]], [[Benghazi]], [[Damascus]] and [[Tunis]]. The [[Antonov An-24]] was delivered from April 1966 (20 used, on domestic routes), followed by the first jet airliners [[Tupolev Tu-134]] in November 1968 (which coincided with the opening of a new international terminal at Warsaw's Okęcie Airport). The Tu-134s were operated on European routes. The [[Ilyushin Il-62]] long-range [[jet airliner]] inaugurate the first transatlantic routes in the history of Polish air transport to [[Toronto]] in 1972 as a charter flight and a regular flight to [[New York City]] in 1973.<ref name=sam3/> LOT began service on its first Far East destination – [[Bangkok]] via [[Dubai]] and [[Bombay]] in 1977.<ref name=sam3/>

[[File:Ilyushin Il-62M, LOT - Polish Airlines - Polskie Linie Lotnicze AN1062039.jpg|thumb|left|A LOT [[Ilyushin Il-62]] at [[Heathrow Airport]] in 1984]]

In 1977<ref name="sam3"/> the airline's current [[livery]] (despite occasional changes, notably in corporate typography) designed by Roman Duszek and Andrzej Zbrożek, with the large 'LOT' inscription in blue on the front [[fuselage]], and a blue tailplane was introduced, the 1929-designed [[Tadeusz Gronowski]] logo,<ref>[http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content__History_List.aspx History], ''LOT.com''. Link accessed 28 May 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823073206/http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content__History_List.aspx |date=23 August 2009 }}</ref> however, despite many changes in livery, was kept through the years, and to this day remains the same.{{clarify|reason=Unclear sentence.|date=November 2024}}<ref>[http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content__LOT_Artwork_History.aspx "History of LOT's logo"], ''LOT.com''. Link accessed 28 May 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204045819/http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content__LOT_Artwork_History.aspx |date=4 December 2008 }}</ref>

In the autumn of 1981, commercial air traffic in Poland neared collapse in the wake of the communist government's crackdown on dissenters in the country after the rise of the banned 'trade union' dissident [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity movement]], and some Western airlines suspended their flights to Warsaw. With 13 December [[Martial law in Poland|declaration of Martial Law that same year]], all LOT connections were suspended. Charter flights to New York and Chicago resumed only in 1984, and eventually, regular flight connections were restored on 28 April 1985. [[Tupolev Tu-154]] mid-range airliners were acquired, after the withdrawal of Il-18 and Tu-134 aircraft from LOT's fleet in the 1980s, and were deployed successively on most European and Middle East routes. In 1986 transatlantic charter flights also reached [[Detroit]] and [[Los Angeles]].

===Post-1989 LOT Polish Airlines===
After the [[History of Poland (1945-1989)#End of Communist rule (1980–1990)|fall of the communist system in Poland]] in 1989 the fleet shifted back to Western aircraft, beginning with acquisitions of the [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-200]] in April 1989,<ref>{{cite web|website=rzjets.net
|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=41426|title=Boeing 767-25DER|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> followed by the [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300]] in March 1990, [[ATR 72]] in August 1991, [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-500]] in December 1992 and finally the [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400]] in April 1993. From the mid-1980s to early 1990s LOT flew from Warsaw to Chicago, Edmonton, Montreal, Newark, New York City and Toronto. These routes were primarily inaugurated to serve the large Polish communities ([[Polish diaspora|Polonia]]) in North America.

LOT was among the first Central European airlines to operate American aircraft when the Boeing 767 was introduced; the 767s were used to operate LOT's longest-ever connection, to Singapore. By the end of 1989 LOT had hosted that year's IATA congress and reached a milestone annual load-factor of 2.3 million passengers carried over the year.

[[File:LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-200; SP-LOB@ZRH;11.05.1997 (4848440276).jpg|thumb|left|LOT's acquisition of long-range Boeing 767 allowed it to reposition itself as a transit airline. Seen here is a [[Boeing 767-200]] arriving at [[Zurich Airport]] in 1997.]]

In 1990 LOT's third Boeing 767-300 landed at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]] and not long after Boeing 737 and ATR 72 aircraft were acquired for use on LOT's expanded route network, which began to include new international destinations such as [[Kyiv]], [[Lviv]], [[Minsk]] and [[Vilnius]]. In 1993, LOT began to expand its Western-European operations, inaugurating, in quick succession, flights to [[Oslo]], [[Frankfurt]] and [[Düsseldorf]]; operations at Poland's other regional airports outside Warsaw were also duly expanded around this time.

In 1994 the airline signed a [[codesharing agreement]] with [[American Airlines]] on flights to and from Warsaw as well as onward flights in the United States and Poland operated by both companies; flights to Thessaloniki, Zagreb and Nice were inaugurated, and according to an IATA report, in this year LOT had the youngest fleet of any airline in the world. After years of planning, in 1997 LOT set up a sister airline, EuroLOT, which, essentially operating as its parent airline's regional subsidiary, took over domestic flights. The airline was developed with the hope that it would increase transit passenger-flow through Warsaw's Chopin Airport, whilst at the same time providing capacity on routes with smaller load factors and play a part in developing LOT's reputation as the largest transit airline in Central and Eastern Europe. By 1999 LOT had purchased a number of small [[Embraer 145]] regional jets in order to expand its short-haul fleet, and had, with the approval of the Minister of the State Treasury, begun a process of selling shares to the Swiss company SAirGroup Holding; this then led to the airline's incorporation into the then-nascent Qualiflyer Group.

[[File:LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 737-500, SP-LKE@LHR,05.08.2009-550an - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg|thumb|LOT became the eleventh full member of [[Star Alliance]] in 2003. Pictured is a [[Boeing 737-500]] in the alliance's special livery (2009).]]

Expansion of LOT's route network continued in the early 2000s and the potential of the airline's hub at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]] to become a major transit airport was realised . In 2000 LOT took delivery of its largest-ever order of 11 aircraft, and by 2001 it had reached a milestone passengers-carried figure of 3 million customers in one year; the expansion led to the reconstruction of much of LOT's ground infrastructure, and by 2002 a new central Warsaw head office was opened on Ul. 17 Stycznia. On 26 October 2003, LOT, after the collapse of the [[Qualiflyer Group]], became the 14th member of the [[Star Alliance]]. By 2006 a new base of operations, with the reconstruction of [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]], had opened, thus allowing LOT's full transit airline potential to be developed for the first time. The new airport was much larger than any previous airport in Poland. In that same year, Pope [[Benedict XVI]] returned to Rome on a LOT flight following his pilgrimage to Poland.

LOT created low-cost arm [[Centralwings]] in 2004;<ref name="FI">[[Flight International]] 5–11 April 2005</ref> however, the company was dissolved and reincorporated into LOT after just five years of operating due to its long-term unprofitability and LOT's wish to redeploy aircraft within its fleet.

===2008–2019===
[[File:LOT Polish Airlines B787-8 economy class cabin.jpg|thumb|left|Economy class cabin of a LOT [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] aircraft]]

In 2008, LOT opened a new flight to Beijing, but this lasted just one month, in the period before the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]]. The reason given by the airline for the discontinuation of the service was the need to route aircraft via an [[air corridor]] to the south of [[Kazakhstan]] (as LOT did not have permission for flights over [[Siberia]] from the Russian government), which was making the services too long and thus unprofitable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biznes.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/lot-bardzo-szybko-wychodzi-na-prosta,1722403 |title=LOT bardzo szybko wychodzi na prostą – Wiadomości – Biznes w INTERIA.PL – giełda, notowania GPW, kursy walut, podatki, firma, biznes, rynek walut, spółka, podatek, GPW |publisher=Biznes.interia.pl |date=16 November 2011 |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226193133/http://biznes.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/lot-bardzo-szybko-wychodzi-na-prosta,1722403 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

LOT started new services to [[Yerevan]], Armenia, [[Beirut]], Lebanon, and resumed [[Tallinn]], Estonia, [[Kaliningrad]], Russia, [[Gothenburg]], Sweden, and [[Bratislava]], Slovakia with its newly acquired [[Embraer]] aircraft in the summer of 2010. In October of the same year LOT resumed service to Asia, with three weekly flights on the Warsaw – [[Hanoi]] route. In addition to this, new services to [[Tbilisi]], [[Damascus]], and [[Cairo]] were inaugurated.

[[File:SP-LLC (7788328904).jpg|thumb|LOT celebrated the 80th anniversary of its foundation in 2009. The event was marked by the application of a gold livery to one of the airline's [[Boeing 737-400]]s.]]

In 2010 LOT cancelled flights, after 14 years of operation, between Kraków and the US destinations of Chicago and New York City, citing profitability concerns and lack of demand. The last US-Kraków flight departed on 27 October 2010 from Chicago [[O'Hare Airport]]. The aircraft previously used on this route were then re-deployed to serve LOT's Warsaw-Hanoi route.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finanse.wp.pl/kat,104126,title,LOT-rezygnuje-z-polaczen-atlantyckich-z-Krakowa,wid,12532056,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1cccf |title=LOT rezygnuje z połączeń atlantyckich – Finanse – WP.PL |date=2 August 2010 |work=Finanse |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> This route to Hanoi (the Vietnamese capital) was largely under-utilised by European carriers and proved very successful for LOT in the beginning.

On 31 May 2010, CEO of LOT [[Sebastian Mikosz]] said that the airline would be replacing its fleet to meet a goal of one-third new by 2011. Replacement already started with Embraer E-Jets 175/170. For domestic expanded operations, LOT purchased [[Bombardier Dash 8|Dash 8]]-Q400 over [[ATR 72]]-600 aircraft.

[[File:LOT Boeing 767-300ER Iwelumo-1.jpg|thumb|left|A former LOT [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]] wearing the [[Star Alliance]] livery]]

On 5 February 2011, the new CEO of LOT, Marcin Piróg, announced that the airline was considering opening services to Baku, Sochi, Stuttgart, Oslo, Gothenburg, Dubai, Kuwait, and Ostrava from its Warsaw hub in the near future. Previously planned flights to Donetsk in Ukraine had already been inaugurated, as had Tokyo, and the resumption of Beijing flights. This became feasible after the finalizing of an agreement on Siberian overflight permits for LOT by the Polish and Russian governments in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasazer.com/in-8667-lot,zgoda,na,loty,nad,syberia.php |title=LOT: Zgoda na loty nad Syberią |work=Pasazer |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> As a result of the agreement, LOT received new take-off and landing slots at Moscow's [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]]. Although delayed from the original plans, LOT began flights to Tokyo on 13 January 2016, with flights three times per week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/19/business/corporate-business/lot-polish-airlines-start-warsaw-tokyo-flights-january/#.VYdXQflVhBc |title=LOT Polish Airlines to start Warsaw-Tokyo flights in January |work=Japan Times|date=19 June 2015 |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

[[File:LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-9 SP-LPF.jpg|thumb|A LOT [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner]] arriving at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] (2019)]]

In 2010/11 LOT announced its new 'East meets West' route expansion policy, which saw the airline add several new Asian destinations to its schedule over the coming years. The policy aimed to take advantage of LOT's perspective as a transit airline and the substantial passenger growth seen on Europe-Asia flights in recent years. Also, in line with this policy LOT introduced [[premium economy]] class on all Boeing 787 aircraft. Additionally, lie-flat seats were made available in business class, and all of the airline's new long-haul aircraft were fitted with [[Thales Group|Thales]] personal entertainment systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/lot-pursues-new-east-meets-west-strategy-ahead-of-1h2012-privatisation-53395 |title=LOT pursues new 'east meets west' strategy ahead of 1H2012 privatisation &#124; CAPA |publisher=Centreforaviation.com |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>

[[File:LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner SP-LSC (Proud of Polish Independence Polish side) approaching JFK Airport.jpg|In 2018, two new aircraft (this Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on approach to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]], and a Boeing 737 MAX 8) were painted in liveries commemorating Poland's independence.|thumb|left]]
In June 2012, LOT announced all services to New York would be centralized from Newark and JFK Terminal 4 to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Terminal 1]] from October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lot.com/en/web/newlot/press-info/-/asset_publisher/4MHh/content/25-06-2012?redirect=%2Fpl%2Fen%2Fweb%2Fnewlot%2Fpress-info|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128094015/http://www.lot.com/en/web/newlot/press-info/-/asset_publisher/4MHh/content/25-06-2012?redirect=/pl/en/web/newlot/press-info|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2013|title=LOT Polish Airlines – Airline Tickets – lot.com|work=LOT.com|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> It would also enter into a codeshare agreement with [[JetBlue]] to increase the number of onward connections available to its customers.
In July 2012 it was announced that a planned sale of a major stake in the airline to [[Turkish Airlines]] would not go ahead. The main problem was the inability of Turkish Airlines to own a majority stake, inasmuch as it is not a [[European Union]] company.<ref name="wbj.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.wbj.pl/article-59321-turkish-airlines-pulls-out-of-lot-partnership-plans.html|title=Turkish Airlines pulls out of LOT partnership plans – Warsaw Business Journal – Online Portal – wbj.pl|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708010850/http://wbj.pl/article-59321-turkish-airlines-pulls-out-of-lot-partnership-plans.html|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wbj.pl/article-59424-poland-forced-to-seek-new-buyer-for-lot.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416122004/http://www.wbj.pl/article-59424-poland-forced-to-seek-new-buyer-for-lot.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|title=Warsaw Business Journal – Online Portal – wbj.pl}}</ref>

On 21 June 2015, 1,400 of the airline's passengers were affected as 22  of its flights were impacted after hackers attacked airline computers that were issuing [[flight plan]]s at Warsaw's [[Okecie airport]].<ref name=hack/><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hackers-ground-1-400-passengers-warsaw-poland-airport-n379381 "Hackers Ground 1,400 Passengers at Warsaw, Poland, Airport,"] ''NBC News'', 21 June 2015.</ref> LOT spokesman [[Adrian Kubicki]] said: "We're using state-of-the-art computer systems, so this could potentially be a threat to others in the industry."<ref name=hack>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33219276 "Polish LOT aeroplanes grounded by computer hack,"] BBC, 21 June 2015.</ref>

Amidst a restructuring plan which saw the airline return to profitability for the first time in seven years, a 22 June 2015 press conference revealed details about the airline's prospects. These included reinstating routes renounced as part of EU sanctions imposed following Polish government aid granted to ensure the airline's survival, as well as new long haul routes to Asia and North America.

[[File:Embraer 190-200LR, LOT Polish Airlines JP7591811.jpg|thumb|right|A LOT [[Embraer 190]] departing [[Rome Fiumicino Airport]]]]

Air Lease Corporation confirmed on 13 October 2016, the placement of six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with LOT, and options to lease five further aircraft of the same type. Long haul plans saw the addition of further Boeing 787 aircraft, increasing the total to 16. The airline was evaluating the economics of future narrow body and wide body acquisitions to broaden expansion initiatives. The airline's CEO said that they were evaluating the Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jet-E2 families, as well as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350 XWB offerings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fly4free.pl/lot-nowe-samoloty-od-airbusa/|title=Za rok LOT może przeskoczyć do stajni Airbusa! Rozważa A220 i naprawdę DUŻE maszyny|website=Fly4free.pl – tanie loty i sposoby na tanie bilety lotnicze}}</ref>

In May 2018, LOT Polish Airlines started scheduled flights from outside Poland beginning with long-haul routes to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York City and [[O'Hare International Airport]] in Chicago from [[Budapest airport]] in Hungary. In May 2019, it started flying from Lithuanian capital [[Vilnius Airport|Vilnius]] to [[London City airport]], and from Estonian capital [[Tallinn Airport|Tallinn]] to [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]] and [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm]] two months later. The latter two flights were suspended in early 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In December 2018, LOT was ranked the quietest among 50 airlines that regularly fly to [[Heathrow Airport]] in London.<ref name=quiet>Andre Orban (5 December 2018). [https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lot-polish-airlines/lot-ranked-as-the-quietest-airline-at-london-heathrow-airport/ "LOT ranked as the quietest airline at London Heathrow Airport,"] Aviation24.be.</ref> LOT spokesman [[Adrian Kubicki]] attributed the result to modern [[Boeing 737 MAX 8]]s with modern [[CFM International]] engines being used, and to the airline's pilots’ precise landing technique using the [[continuous descent approach]] (CDA) procedure.<ref name=quiet/>

===Recent developments since 2020===
On 24 January 2020, the owner of LOT, the Polish Aviation Group (Polska Grupa Lotnicza or PGL) announced that it would acquire [[Condor (airline)|Condor Flugdienst]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/85617-lot-polish-airlines-owner-buys-condor|title=LOT Polish Airlines owner buys Condor|website=ch-aviation|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> On 2 April 2020 it was announced that the sale had fallen through.<ref name=aerotime>{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charpentreau/24759-germany-considers-condor-nationalization-after-polish-sale-fails|title=Germany considers Condor nationalization after Polish sale fails|publisher=Aerotime|date=2 April 2020|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202002239/https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charpentreau/24759-germany-considers-condor-nationalization-after-polish-sale-fails|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skift.com/2020/04/13/polands-lot-withdraws-from-deal-to-buy-german-airline-condor/ |title=Poland's LOT Withdraws From Deal to Buy German Airline Condor|publisher=Skift|date=13 April 2020|access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

The company temporarily suspended operations on 15 March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web|title=LOT Polish Airlines suspends International service 15MAR20 – 28MAR20|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/290325/lot-polish-airlines-suspends-international-service-15mar20-28mar20/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Routes}}</ref> and domestic Polish flights restarted only on 1 June 2020,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-06-06|title=Poland to extend ban on international flights to June 16|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland-flights-idUSKBN23D0CE|access-date=2021-11-15}}</ref> while international flights were resumed on a very limited basis from 1 July 2020. LOT Polish Airlines recorded a net loss of US$365.2 million in 2020, with a loss in sales of $138.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-07-14|title=Ponad miliard straty PLL LOT za 2020 rok|url=https://forsal.pl/transport/lotnictwo/artykuly/8209246,pll-lot-wyniki-finansowe-strata-2020.html|access-date=2021-07-21|website=forsal.pl|language=pl}}</ref>

The airline posted a  gross profit of $28 million for 2022, and a net profit of $276 million for 2023.<ref>[https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/07/15/lot-polish-airlines-reports-record-breaking-2023-results/ "LOT Polish Airlines Reports Record-Breaking 2023 Results; The carrier reached $2.6 billion in sales that translated into $276 million in net profit,"] ''Airline Geeks''.</ref>

In February 2025, LOT announced it would end long-haul operations from [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], from where it currently serves a single route to [[Seoul]] by March 2025. This leaves all of their long-haul operations at Polish airports.<ref>[https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250204-lons25bud aeroroutes.com - LOT POLISH AIRLINES DISCONTINUES BUDAPEST INTERCONTINENTAL SERVICE IN LATE-1Q25] 4 February 2025</ref>

==Corporate affairs==
===Privatisation===
[[File:Siedziba_PPL_LOT_w_Warszawie_2018.jpg|thumb|LOT's head office]]

Currently, the airline is wholly owned by [[Polish Aviation Group]] (Polish: ''Polska Grupa Lotnicza S. A.''), a Polish state-owned holding company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.lot.com/pl/pl/struktura-wlasnosciowa-i-podstawowe-dane-przewozowe|access-date=21 January 2020|title=Struktura własnościowa}}</ref>

LOT was intended to be privatised in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/10/18/348566/lot-plans-third-quarter-2011-privatisation.html
|access-date=18 October 2010
|title=LOT plans third quarter 2011 privatisation
}}</ref> Although advanced talks were undertaken with [[Turkish Airlines]] a deal failed to materialise. This was largely due to the inability of Turkish Airlines, as a non-EU airline, to buy a majority of the airline.<ref name="wbj.pl"/> LOT lost 145.5 million [[Polish złoty|złoty]] (PLN) in 2011, compared to a 163.1 million PLN loss in 2010.

LOT saw a return to profitability in 2016, with profits of 183.5 million and more than 280 million PLN respectively.{{clarify |date=March 2019 |reason=One year is given, but there are two amounts for profits mentioned}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/lot-centralny-port-lotniczy,58,0,2352698.html
|access-date=5 April 2018
|title=PLL LOT coraz więcej zarabia na przewozie pasażerów
|date=7 August 2017
}}</ref> The profits led the then finance minister [[Mateusz Morawiecki]] to suggest they were a result of his government's policies. He also accused the previous [[Civic Platform]] government of leading the airline to either bankruptcy or "accelerated privatisation".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/lot-centralny-port-lotniczy,58,0,2352698.html
|access-date=5 April 2018
|title=PLL LOT odzyskują rentowność. Przetrwały tylko dzięki PiS?
|date=7 August 2017
}}</ref>

===Subsidiaries===
;Current subsidiaries
* [[LOT Charters]], wholly owned subsidiary operating charter flights for Polish tour operators
* LOT Flight Academy

;Former subsidiaries
* [[Nordica (airline)|Nordica]], 49% stake was owned by LOT between 2016 and 2020.
* [[EuroLOT]], a formerly wholly owned subsidiary airline, founded on 1 July 1997. The Polish Treasury owned 62.1 percent while LOT retained 37.9 percent. However, it was confirmed in July 2012 that LOT wished to sell its remaining stake in EuroLOT, as part of its privatization scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasazer.com/in-11180-lot,chce,sprzedac,eurolot,.php#.UEcYh6CgZUk|title=LOT chce sprzedać Eurolot|work=Pasazer.com|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> However, on 6 February 2015, the decision was taken to liquidate the airline and transfer the majority of its fleet to LOT. 
* [[Centralwings]], a low-cost subsidiary that was operational between 2004 and 2009

==Destinations==
{{Main|List of LOT Polish Airlines destinations}}
LOT Polish Airlines serves a network of European destinations in addition to flights in Asia, the Middle East, and North America.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

=== Codeshare agreements ===
LOT Polish Airlines has [[codeshare agreement]]s with the following airlines:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partner airlines |url=https://www.lot.com/us/en/explore/about-lot/codeshare-partner-airlines#codeshare |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=lot.com}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* [[Aegean Airlines]]
* [[Air Canada]]
* [[Air China]]
* [[Air India]]
* [[airBaltic]]
* [[All Nippon Airways]]
* [[Asiana Airlines]]
* [[Austrian Airlines]]
* [[Croatia Airlines]]
* [[EgyptAir]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=EGYPTAIR / LOT Polish Airlines begins codeshare partnership from Nov 2017|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275862/egyptair-lot-polish-airlines-begins-codeshare-partnership-from-nov-2017/|access-date=22 November 2017|work=Routesonline|date=22 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[El Al]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/282156/el-al-lot-polish-airlines-begins-codeshare-service-from-late-dec-2018/|title=El Al / LOT Polish Airlines begins codeshare service from late-Dec 2018|website=Routesonline}}</ref>
* [[ITA Airways]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=ITA Airways / LOT Polish Airlines Begins Codeshare Service From April 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250416-azlocodeshare |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=16 April 2025 |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* [[JetBlue]]<ref>{{cite news |title=JetBlue and LOT Polish Airlines, set to restart interline agreement |url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/10/jetblue-and-lot-polish-airlines-set-to-restart-interline-agreement/ |access-date=22 November 2022 |work=Aviaciononline |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Lufthansa]]
* [[Luxair]]
* [[Scandinavian Airlines]]
* [[Singapore Airlines]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=LOT Polish Airlines plans Taipei codeshare service from late-Nov 2018 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/281724/lot-polish-airlines-plans-taipei-codeshare-service-from-late-nov-2018/ |access-date=28 November 2018 |work=Routesonline |date=28 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[Swiss International Air Lines]]
* [[TAP Air Portugal]]
* [[Turkish Airlines]]
{{div col end}}

==Fleet==
===Current fleet===
{{As of|2025|5}}, LOT Polish Airlines operated the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite web |title=Fleet |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/en/fleet |website=LOT Polish Airlines |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;"
|+ '''LOT Polish Airlines fleet'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | Aircraft
! rowspan="2" | In service
! rowspan="2" | Orders
! colspan="5" | Passengers
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! <abbr title="LOT Business Class">B</abbr>
! <abbr title="LOT Premium Economy">Y+</abbr>
! <abbr title="LOT Economy Class">Y</abbr>
! Total
! Refs
|-
|[[Boeing 737-800]]
|6
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|186
|186
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 737-800 |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/boeing-737-800 }}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737 MAX 8]]
|18
|13
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|186
|186
|<ref>[https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/pll-lot-na-zakupach-kupi-11-gigantow-od-boeinga-6997831442660320a.html]</ref>
|13 to be delivered in 2025/2026 with new interiors.
|-
|[[Boeing 777-200ER]]
|1
|&mdash;
|30
|24
|239
|293
|
|Leased from [[EuroAtlantic Airways]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boeing 777 |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/boeing-777-200er |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.lot.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing 787-8]]
|8
|2
|18
|21
|213
|252
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner Seat Plan |url=https://do4r85wsrjs5z.cloudfront.net/iqbftcndpjmofj/a/B787_rozklad%208szt.png |website=LOT Polish Airlines |access-date=3 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|First European 787 operator Two aircraft were acquired from [[Thai Airways ]].<ref name=":0">[https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2012-11-14-Boeing-Celebrates-Delivery-of-LOT-Polish-Airlines-First-787-Dreamliner boeing.mediaroom.com - Boeing Celebrates Delivery of LOT Polish Airlines' First 787 Dreamliner] 14 November 2012</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing 787-9]]
|7
|&mdash;
|24
|21
|249
|294
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/en/dreamliner-787-9 |website=LOT Polish Airlines |access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Embraer 170]]
|5
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|76
|76
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Embraer 170 Seat Plan |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/embraer-170 }}</ref>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Embraer 175]]
|13
|rowspan="2"|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|82
|82
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Embraer 175 |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/embraer-175}}</ref>
|
|-
|2
|colspan="4"|<abbr title="VIP configuration">VIP</abbr>
|Permanently chartered to the [[Ministry of National Defence (Poland)|Ministry of National Defence]].
|-
|[[Embraer 190]]
|8
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|106
|106
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Embraer 190 Seat Plan |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/embraer-190}}</ref>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Embraer 195]]
|rowspan="2"|16
|rowspan="2"|&mdash;
|rowspan="2"|&mdash;
|rowspan="2"|&mdash;
|112
|112
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Embraer 195 Seat Plan |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/embraer-195 }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|118
|118
|-
|[[Embraer 195-E2]]
|3
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|136
|136
|<ref>{{cite web |title=LOT Polish Airlines To Add Three Embraer E195-E2s |date=7 May 2024 |url=https://newsroom.aviator.aero/lot-polish-airlines-to-add-three-embraer-e195-e2s/}}</ref>
|-
!Total
!87
!15
!colspan="6" |
|}

===Historic fleet===
{{more citations needed|date=April 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;"
|- 
|+LOT Polish Airlines former fleet
|- 
!Aircraft
!Total
!Year introduced
!Year retired
!Notes
|-
|[[Airbus A330-900]]
|1
|2023
|2024
|Leased from [[Air Belgium (2016)|Air Belgium]] (until 26 October 2024)
|- 
|[[Aero Ae-45]]
|3
|1952
|1957
|Used for taxi flights.<ref name="sam4-15"/>
|-
|[[Antonov An-24]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1966
|1991
|Twenty bought by 1977<ref name="sam5-11">Adam Jońca, ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', p.11</ref>
|-
|[[Antonov An-26]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1974
|{{Unknown}}
|Leased from Polish Air Force.<ref name="sam5-16"/><br />Operated for LOT Cargo
|- 
|[[ATR 42]]
|13
|2002
|2013
|rowspan="2"|Replaced by [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400]]
|-
|[[ATR 72]]
|10
|1991
|2014
|-
|[[Boeing 737-300]]
|4
|1996
|2005
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-400]]
|10
|1993
|2020
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-500]]
|12
|1992
|2012
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-700]]
|1
|2019
|2020
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boardingpass.ro/lot-va-inchiria-de-la-boeing-un-737-700-care-a-zburat-pentru-blue-air/|title=LOT va închiria de la Boeing un 737-700 care a zburat pentru Blue Air|last=Bobon|first=Gabriel|date=12 June 2019|website=BoardingPass.ro|language=ro-RO|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/94237-lot-polish-airlines-retires-only-b737-700|title=LOT Polish Airlines retires only B737-700|publisher=Ch-Aviation|date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing 767-200ER]]
|2
|1989
|2008
|rowspan="2"|Replaced [[Ilyushin Il-62]].
|-
|[[Boeing 767-300ER]]
|7
|1990
|2013
|-
|[[Bombardier CRJ700|Bombardier CRJ-700ER]]
|2
|2016
|2020
|rowspan="2"|Leased from [[Nordica (airline)|Nordica]].
|-
|[[Bombardier CRJ900|Bombardier CRJ-900ER]]
|12
|2016
|2020
|-
|[[Cessna AT-17 Bobcat|Cessna UC-78]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1946
|1950
|Fourteen bought from US military surplus after World War II, used for training and taxi flights.<ref name="sam4-12">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', p.12</ref>
|-
|[[Convair CV-240 family|Convair 240]]<ref name="sam5-2">Adam Jońca, ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', p.2-6</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|1957
|1966
|
|-
|[[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400]]
|12
|2015
|2023
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia Bombardierów Q400 |trans-title=History of the Bombardier Q400s |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/bombardier-q400 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115221111/https://www.lot.com/pl/pl/odkrywaj/o-lot/flota/bombardier-q400 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=LOT |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|[[Douglas DC-2]]
|3
|1935
|1939
|<ref name="sam3-13">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1931–1939'', p.13-22 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> 
|-
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1946
|1959
|Nine bought from US military surplus after World War II<ref name="sam4-8">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', p.8</ref>
|-
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-62]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1988
|1988
|
|-
|[[Embraer 145]]
|14
|1999
|2011
|
|-
|[[Fokker 100]]
|{{Unknown}}
|2016
|2016
|Leased from [[Carpatair]]
|-
|[[Fokker F.VII|Fokker F.VII/1m]]
|6
|rowspan="2"|1929
|rowspan="2"|1939
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="sam2-14">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1919–1930'', p.14-20 {{in lang|pl}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fokker F.VII|Fokker F.VII/3m]]
|13
|-
|[[Junkers F.13]]<ref name="sam2-14"/>
|{{Unknown}}
|1929
|1936
|
|-
|[[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mge]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1936
|1939
|One received in exchange for nine Junkers F-13s<ref name="sam3-13"/> 
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-12|Ilyushin Il-12B]]<ref name=sam4-15/>
|{{Unknown}}
|1949
|1957
|
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-14|Ilyushin Il-14P]]<ref name="sam4-23">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', p.23-24</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|1955
|1961
|
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-18]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1961
|1990
|
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-62]]<ref name=sam5-21/>
|{{Unknown}}
|1972
|1992
|
|-
|[[Lisunov Li-2]]<ref name="sam4-4">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', 4–5</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|1945
|1969
|Version of Douglas DC-3 built in the Soviet Union
|-
|[[Lockheed Model 10 Electra|Lockheed L-10A Electra]]<ref name="sam3-13"/>
|{{Unknown}}
|1936
|1939
|
|-
|[[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra|Lockheed L-14H Super Electra]]<ref name="sam3-13"/>
|{{Unknown}}
|1938
|1940
|
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1994
|1996
|
|-
|[[PWS-24]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1933
|1939
|The only series-built Polish design used<ref name="sam3-1"/>
|-
|[[PZL.4]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1933
|1935
|Prototype Polish airliner, one tested<ref name="sam3-9">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1931–1939'', p.9 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> 
|-
|[[PZL.44 Wicher]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1939
|1939
|Prototype Polish airliner, one tested<ref name="sam3-13"/> 
|-
|[[SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc|SNCASE SE.161/1 Languedoc]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1947
|1950
|All grounded in 1948<ref name="sam4-15">Jońca, Adam (1985). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956'', p.15-18</ref>
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-134]]
|5
|rowspan="2"|1968
|rowspan="2"|1994
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="sam5-16">Adam Jońca, ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', p.16-19</ref>
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-134|Tupolev Tu-134A]]
|7
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-154]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1986
|1995
|Replaced by [[Boeing 737 Classic]] series
|-
|[[Vickers Viscount]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1962
|1967
|Purchased second-hand, one [[1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash|crashed in 1962]]<ref name="sam5-2"/>
|-
|[[Yakovlev Yak-40]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1982
|1989
|
|}

===Fleet development===
* On 7 September 2005, the airline ordered seven [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|Boeing 787-8s]] (with two options and five purchase rights) for its long-haul operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q3/nr_050907g.html |title=and LOT Polish Airlines Announce Order for Up to 14 787s |publisher=Boeing |date=7 September 2005 |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106035440/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q3/nr_050907g.html |archive-date=6 November 2011 }}</ref> On 19 February 2007 the airline converted one option to make a total of eight 787s on order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070216d_nr.html |title=and LOT Polish Airlines Finalize Order for One Additional 787 Dreamliner |publisher=Boeing |date=19 February 2007 |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111061211/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070216d_nr.html |archive-date=11 January 2012 }}</ref> On 7 March 2011 Boeing officially notified LOT Polish Airlines that the delivery of the 787 would be delayed for another year. The airline planned to use the 787 on its Warsaw-Chicago route on 16 January 2013,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lot-announces-launch-dates-dreamliner-164300616.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cf4s1dQYEkAl5XQtDMD| work=Yahoo Finance | title= LOT Announces Launch Dates For New Dreamliner Service| date=17 September 2012}}</ref> but the type was grounded on that same day due to issues with its batteries. On 25 April 2013, LOT announced that it would resume its 787 services on 5 June 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wbj.pl/article-62590-lots-dreamliners-to-fly-again-in-june.html?typ=wbj| work=Warsaw Business Journal| title=LOT's Dreamliners to fly again in June| date=26 April 2013| access-date=12 May 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508021852/http://www.wbj.pl/article-62590-lots-dreamliners-to-fly-again-in-june.html?typ=wbj| archive-date=8 May 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 4 May 2010, LOT converted four Embraer E-175 orders to Embraer E-195 orders. The delivery of these aircraft began in March 2011.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* On 8 June 2010, the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland leased two E175 aircraft from LOT to transport senior government officials on short/medium-haul flights until the end of 2018.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* In 2016 the airline signed contracts for eleven leased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft (six firm commitments and five options), with deliveries starting in late 2017.<ref name="AW">{{cite journal|title=LOT Goes MAX|journal=Airliner World|issue=December 2016|page=10}}</ref>
* On 24 April 2018, LOT announced the purchase of three additional Boeing 787-9 aircraft, bringing the total of the −9 variant to seven of the fifteen Boeing 787s expected to be in the fleet by October 2019.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* On 15 July 2022, LOT announced that they are favoring the [[Airbus A220]] as opposed to the [[Embraer E-Jet E2 family]] to replace its current aging [[Embraer Regional Jet]] fleet, with a 60 jet order valuing US$2.1 Billion.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* On 8 May 2024, LOT announced order for three brand new Embraer [[Embraer E-Jet E2 family|E-195 E2 jets]]. The delivery began in July 2024.

==Corporate identity==
With the delivery of new Boeing 787 long-haul aircraft in 2011/12, LOT introduced a new livery. This design was intended to retain the tradition and spirit of LOT with no major or radical changes to the livery applied to the airline's aircraft. The blue nose and broad cheat-line were removed; the 'POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE' title on each aircraft's starboard side was replaced with the words 'POLISH AIRLINES'. The tailplane's design was changed only slightly, with the colours of the traditional encircled crane logo being inverted and the circle becoming a more simple outline ring.<ref>{{cite web |author=air-europa.pl |url=http://www.air-europa.pl/boeing-787-dreamliner-i-nowe-barwy-lot.html |title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner i nowe barwy LOT &#124; Europejski Informator Lotniczy => |publisher=Air-Europa.pl |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001722/http://www.air-europa.pl/boeing-787-dreamliner-i-nowe-barwy-lot.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several Embraer aircraft have special advertising liveries, while one E-175 was repainted as a retrojet into the 1945 livery that was used with some modifications until the 1970s.

===Livery 1935–1939, 1945–1956===
Airliners featured all-natural metal silvery color, with a black crane logo on the tail, and a small black inscription: POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE „LOT" under or above the window line. Before 1939, there was also a rounded inscription: LOT above passenger doors (apart from Ju 52, which also differed in having black engine covers and nacelles).<ref name="sam3-13"/>

After World War II, the aircraft mostly wore a similar all-natural metal scheme, with the airline name above the window line.<ref name="sam4-4"/> In the late 1940s, the [[flag of Poland|Polish white and red flag]] was added on a rudder. From the early 1950s, a thin blue [[cheatline]] was introduced below the window line, starting with a stylized bird in front.<ref name="sam4-4"/> Some aircraft flew in military schemes (green and light blue or olive drab and grey).<ref name="sam4-4"/><ref name="sam4-8"/>

===Livery 1956–1976===
This livery featured blue mid-level broad cheatline on the window line, with the fuselage a white colour above the cheatline and unpainted below. Early versions of this livery also featured thin blue stripes above and below the cheatline and a white tail, with small black crane logo on the fin and medium-size Polish flag on the rudder.<ref name="sam4-4"/> Above the cheatline there was black inscription in italics: ''POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE »LOT«''. There was also a long black stylized crane below the cockpit on most aircraft.<ref name="sam4-4"/> In the early 1960s, the scheme was modernized and featured the blue cheatline without upper and lower stripes, and a blue tail fin and rudder. The Polish flag was much larger on the tail, while the crane logo was above the flag, on a white circle.<ref name="sam4-23"/> There was also another Polish flag on the cheatline, behind the cockpit.<ref name="sam4-23"/> On Il-18s and Il-62s, the cheatline was narrower, below the window line.<ref name="sam5-8"/><ref name="sam5-21">Adam Jońca, ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', p.21-22</ref>

===Livery 1977–2010s===
LOT's iconic livery was introduced in 1977 and has undergone no major changes.<ref name="sam5-8">Jońca, Adam (1986). ''Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981'', p.8 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> The livery is essentially a predominantly white scheme with elements of traditional aviation design incorporated. The latter elements were visible in the design of the LOT livery as an area of dark blue under the cockpit windscreen, the long cheat-line painted down the side of the fuselage and the large traditional logo which is emblazoned on the tailplane.

=== Special colors or stickers ===

* SP-LVD Boeing 737 MAX 8, Proud of Poland's Independence
* SP-LVG Boeing 737 MAX 8, [[Bank Pekao]]
* SP-LVK Boeing 737 MAX 8, [[Krosno Glass|100 Years Krosno Glass]]
* SP-LVL Boeing 737 MAX 8, [[Energylandia]]
* SP-LRG Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, [[Silent Unseen|"Cichociemni" Silent and Unseen Home Army Parachutists]]
* SP-LSC Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, [[National Independence Day (Poland)|Proud of Poland's Independence]]
* SP-LDK Embraer ERJ-170, [[Star Alliance]]
* SP-LIC Embraer ERJ-175, "[[Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubuskie]]"
* SP-LIO Embraer ERJ-175, [[Star Alliance]]
* SP-LNB Embraer ERJ-195, Grześki
* SP-LNC Embraer ERJ-195, Śliwka Nałęczowska
* SP-LNF Embraer ERJ-195, [[Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship|Warmia Mazury]]
* SP-LNG Embraer ERJ-195, [[Moravia|"Visit North Moravia"]]
* SP-LNI Embraer ERJ-195, [[Moravia|"Visit North Moravia"]]

===Aircraft naming===
Ilyushin Il-62 aircraft were named after famous Polish people, with the first-named ''[[Mikołaj Kopernik]]''.<ref name="sam5-21"/> The five [[Boeing 767]]s LOT ordered from Boeing were named after Polish cities. The used and short term leased 767s LOT operated did not get names. This practise was not continued upon arrival of LOT's Boeing 787s and the introduction of the airline's updated livery. Only LOT's sixth 787, SP-LRF, was named 'Franek' after an online vote organised by the airline.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="100">
File:Samolot we Wieruszowie.jpg|A Li-2 in the 1960s livery
File:SP-LSB Ilyushin IL-18V LOT Polish Airlines FRA 08DEC67.jpg|SP-LSB, an Ilyushin IL-18V in the pre-1970s livery
File:LOT Polish Airlines Embraer ERJ170, SP-LDF@TXL,21.07.2007-480aw - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg|A LOT [[Embraer 170]] in the 1970s livery
File:SP-LDH (16998296700).jpg|A LOT [[Embraer 170]] in the 2010s livery
</gallery>

==Loyalty programme and lounges==

===Miles & More===
{{Main|Miles & More}}
LOT uses Lufthansa's [[frequent-flyer program]], called [[Miles & More]]. Miles & More members can earn miles on LOT flights and Star Alliance partner flights, as well as through LOT credit cards and purchases made through LOT Polish Airlines shops. Status within Miles & More is determined by miles flown during one calendar year with specific partners. Membership levels include Basic (no minimal threshold), Frequent Traveller (Silver, 35,000-mile threshold), Senator (Gold, 100,000-mile threshold), and HON Circle (Black, 600,000-mile threshold over two calendar years). All non-basic Miles & More status levels offer lounge access and executive bonus miles, with the higher levels offering more exclusive benefits.

===Polonez Lounge===
LOT<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tickets.pl/avia/airline/LO
|title=Official page of the Lot Polish Airlines company on the website Tickets.pl| publisher=Tickets.pl}}</ref> operates, in cooperation with PPL (Polish State Airports), the 'Polonez' Business Lounge at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]]. The lounge is accessible to anyone with a business class ticket for travel with LOT or any other [[Star Alliance]] member airline, and those who are members of a Star Alliance 'Gold' loyalty program (such as Miles & More Senator status) or the Polish State Airports authority's 'Good Start' program. Some examples of services offered to passengers include business conferencing facilities, internet access, workspace, local, national and foreign-language media (newspapers and television) and individual access to an [[Apple iPad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lot.com/web/lot/businesslounge |title=LOT Polish Airlines |publisher=Lot.com |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924082707/http://www.lot.com/web/lot/businesslounge |url-status=dead }}</ref> LOT also opened a Polonez Lounge at [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport]] in 2018.

=== Elite Lounge ===
It is an exclusive zone within LOT Business Lounge Polonez where passengers can work peacefully and have rest in a comfort.

It includes quiet relaxation zone, place to work and upgraded food and beverage menu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LOT Elite Lounge |url=https://www.lot.com/pl/en/explore/about-lot/transit/warsaw/lot-business-lounge-in-warsaw/lot-business-lounge-elite |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=lot.com}}</ref>

=== Mazurek Lounge ===
It's a business lounge that offers unique views of the apron.

== Incidents and accidents ==
===Fatal===
* On 1 December 1936, a LOT [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra]] (registered SP-AYB) hit a tree near [[Malakasa]] in Greece due to fog; a pilot was killed; six people were injured.<ref name=mazur60>Mazur 2016, p. 60-61</ref>
* On 28 December 1936, a LOT Lockheed Model 10 Electra (registered SP-AYA) crashed near [[Susiec]] in Poland due to icing; two passengers and a mechanic died; three people were injured.<ref name=mazur60/>
* On 11 November 1937, a LOT Lockheed Model 10 Electra (registered SP-AYD) crashed near Warsaw during its landing approach in bad weather, causing the death of four passengers.<ref name=mazur60/>
* On 23 November 1937, a LOT [[Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2-115D]] (registered SP-ASJ) crashed in Bulgaria's [[Pirin|Pirin Mountains]] in bad weather, killing all six on board. The aircraft was operating a scheduled Thessaloniki-Sofia passenger service.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= SP-ASJ|id= 19371123-0|access-date= 13 July 2015}}</ref>
* On 22 July 1938 at 17:38 local time, a LOT [[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra|Lockheed 14H Super Electra]] (registered SP-BNG) crashed into a hill at Negrilesa, near Stulpicani, Romania, killing all 14 on board; the cause of the crash was unknown, but the aircraft was probably struck by lightning. The aircraft was operating a scheduled Warsaw-Lwów (now Lviv)-Czerniowce (now Chernovtsy)-Bucharest-Thessaloniki passenger service.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= SP-BNG|id= 19380722-0|access-date= 13 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=mazur60/>
* On 15 November 1951 at approximately 09:00 local time, a LOT [[Lisunov Li-2]] (registered SP-LKA) [[1951 LOT Li-2 Tuszyn air disaster|crashed]] near [[Tuszyn]] in bad weather and low visibility conditions, killing all 15 passengers and three crew on board. The aircraft had been on a scheduled flight from [[Łódź]] to [[Kraków]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19511115-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1951 LOT crash| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* One passenger died on 19 March 1954, when a LOT Li-2 (registered SP-LAH) collided with a hill near [[Gruszowiec]] following the blackout of a radio navigation beacon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19540319-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1954 LOT crash| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 14 June 1957 at 23:10 local time, [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 232|Flight 232]] from Warsaw to Moscow, which was operated by using an [[Ilyushin Il-14]] (registered as SP-LNF) crashed during approach to Moscow's [[Vnukovo International Airport]] in bad weather and visibility conditions, killing five of the eight passengers and four of the five crew members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570614-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1957 LOT crash| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 25 August 1960, a LOT Li-2 (registered SP-LAL) crashed near [[Tczew]] while on a survey flight over the Vistula River floods, killing six.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600825-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LAL| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 19 December 1962, a LOT [[Vickers Viscount|Vickers Viscount 804]] (registered SP-LVB) [[1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash|crashed while on approach]] to [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw-Okecie Airport]] after having encountered a [[Stall (flight)|stall situation]], killing all 28 passengers and five crew members on board. The aircraft had been on a scheduled flight from Brussels to Warsaw with an intermediate stop at [[East Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19621219-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LVB| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 20 August 1965 at 13:08 UTC, another LOT Vickers Viscount (registered SP-LVA) crashed near [[Jeuk]], Belgium, during a thunderstorm on a ferry flight from [[Lille]] in France to [[Wrocław]]. The four people in the aircraft were killed.<ref name=ASN200865>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650820-2 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref>
* On 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time, a LOT [[Antonov An-24]]W (registered SP-LTF), crashed into [[Polica (mountain)|Polica]], a mountain near [[Zawoja]]. The aircraft with 48 passengers and five crew on board had been operating [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1969)|Flight 165]] from Warsaw to Kraków when the pilots lost orientation because of a snowstorm. There were no survivors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690402-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V SP-LTF Zawoja|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
* On 13 May 1977, a LOT [[Antonov An-12]] (registered SP-LZA) operating a cargo flight from Warsaw to Beirut via [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] {{Interlanguage link|LOT Polish Airlines Flight 6883|lt=crashed|pl|Katastrofa polskiego An-12 w Bejrucie}} at approximately 08:45 local time near [[Aramoun, Keserwan|Aramoun]], Lebanon, killing all nine people on board, some of whom were agents of the communist Polish secret service. The aircraft had been approaching [[Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport|Beirut International Airport]], but the pilots had encountered language difficulties when communicating with the local [[air traffic controller]]s. The aircraft was the property of the [[Polish Air Force]] and was flown by military pilots and had previously transported weapons for the [[Lebanese Civil War]], when it crashed it was carrying a cargo of [[veal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/spoleczenstwo/zapomniany-lot-do-bejrutu,49643,1|title=Article covering the 1977 crash|language=pl|publisher=Newsweek.pl|access-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515020917/http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/spoleczenstwo/zapomniany-lot-do-bejrutu,49643,1|archive-date=15 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770513-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-12BP SP-LZA Aramoun|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
* On 14 March 1980 at around 11:00 local time, [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007|Flight 007]] from New York City to Warsaw crashed during a landing attempt at Warsaw-Okecie Airport, killing all 77 passengers and 10 crew members on board the [[Ilyushin Il-62]] (registration SP-LAA), including singer [[Anna Jantar]]. The pilots had encountered a landing gear problem and began the standard [[go-around]] procedure, during which a shaft in the no. 2 engine disintegrated, damaging the rudder and elevator control lines, and causing the aircraft to enter an uncontrolled dive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800314-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62 SP-LAA Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW)|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
* On 26 March 1981, a LOT An-24 (registered SP-LTU) operating {{Interlanguage link|LOT Polish Airlines Flight 691|lt=Flight 691|pl|Katastrofa lotu PLL LOT 691}} crash-landed near [[Słupsk]] after the crew lost situational awareness during a non-precision twin locator approach, killing one passenger. The other 46 passengers and four crew survived, leaving the aircraft through a breach in the fuselage. The fatality was a passenger whose legs were trapped under broken seats and who died in the post-crash fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810326-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1981 LOT crash-landing| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 9 May 1987 at 11:12 local time, [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055|Flight 5055]], bound from Warsaw to New York, crashed in the Kabaty forest about 5&nbsp;km from the Warsaw-Okęcie Airport, killing all 172 passengers and 11 crew, making it the deadliest accident in the history of the airline and the country. The aircraft involved was another [[Ilyushin Il-62]] (registration SP-LBG) whose number-2 (left-side inner) engine exploded, igniting a fire in the cargo hold and irreparably damaging all but one of the aircraft's control systems. The pilots attempted a return to Warsaw-Okecie Airport, but lost control of the aircraft before it entered a steep nose-dive due to damage to the [[Elevator (aircraft)|elevators]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870509-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M SP-LBG Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW)|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
* On 2 November 1988, [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703|Flight 703]] had to execute an emergency landing on a field near [[Rzeszów]] following double engine failure due to icing, killing one passenger. The other 24 passengers and four crew on board the An-24 (registered SP-LTD) survived, though most of them received serious injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881102-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V SP-LTD Rzeszów|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> As of {{currentyear}}, this remains the last fatal crash in Polish commercial aviation. This accident lead LOT Polish Airlines to retire the An-24, replacing them with ATR 42s and ATR 72s.

===Other incidents and accidents===
* On 18 August 1938, a LOT [[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra|Lockheed 14H Super Electra]] (registered SP-BNJ) was destroyed by a fire in Bucharest after one of its tires burst and the left wing struck the ground.<ref name=mazur60/>
* On 24 July 1940, a LOT [[Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra|Lockheed 14H2 Super Electra]] (registered SP-BPK) was deliberately crashed at Bucharest; the aircraft was sold to LOT on 20 March 1939 and seized by Romania on 2 September 1939 at the outbreak of World War II.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= SP-BPK|id= 19400724-0|access-date= 13 July 2015}}</ref>
* On 26 May 1948, a LOT [[Lisunov Li-2]]T (registered SP-LBC) was written off near [[Popowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Popowice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480526-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LBC| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 28 March 1950, a LOT [[Douglas DC-3]] (registered SP-LCC) was damaged beyond repair in a crash landing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500328-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LCC| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* Only one day later, on 29 March 1950, the airline lost another aircraft (a Lisunov Li-2, registration SP-LBA) in a crash.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500329-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LBA| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 19 May 1952, a LOT Li-2 (registered SP-LBD) was damaged beyond repair in a crash landing near [[Sowina, Greater Poland Voivodeship|Sowina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520519-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LBD| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 18 July of the same year, an [[Ilyushin Il-12]] (registered SP-LHC) was written off in crash landing at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw-Okecie Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520519-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LHC| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 15 March 1953, a LOT Douglas DC-3 (registered SP-LCH) crashed near [[Katowice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530313-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LCH| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 14 April 1955, a Lisunov Li-2 (SP-LAE) crashed near Katowice, with none of the 15 persons on board being killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550414-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LAE| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 11 April 1958, a LOT [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair CV-240]] (registered SP-LPB) crash-landed near Warsaw and was damaged beyond repair after it had lost one propeller in mid-flight. There were only four people on board who had operated a training flight with the aircraft; all of them survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580411-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LAE| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 16 December 1963, a Lisunov Li-2T (registered SP-LBG) was damaged beyond repair when it overshot the runway on landing at Warsaw-Okecie Airport. The twelve passengers and three crew on board survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19631216-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LBG| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 24 January 1969 at 17:30 local time, a LOT [[Antonov An-24]] (registered SP-LTE) collided with trees during a landing attempt at [[Copernicus Airport Wrocław|Wrocław]] in poor visibility conditions, and crashed. The aircraft had been operating Flight 149 from Warsaw with 44 passengers and four crew members on board, all of whom survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730419-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LTE| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 19 April 1973, an Antonov An-24 (registered SP-LTN) crashed during a training flight near [[Rzeszów]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690124-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LTN| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 23 January 1980, a [[Tupolev Tu-134]] (registered SP-LGB) was damaged beyond repair when it overshot the runway on landing at Warsaw-Okecie Airport and erupted in flames.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690124-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, crash of aircraft registration: SP-LBG| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 31 December 1993 at 10:20 local time, a [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]] (registered SP-LPA) operating Flight 2 from Chicago to Warsaw received substantial damage to its nose gear in a hard landing incident at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19931231-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1993 Chicago incident| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 1 November 2011 a [[Boeing 767-300ER]] (registered [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16|SP-LPC]]) operating as [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 016|Flight 16]] from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] to Warsaw Chopin Airport reported the failure of the hydraulic system that operated the [[Flap (aircraft)|flaps]] and [[landing gear]]. When the backup system was activated, only the flaps were operable.<ref name="WSJ2">{{cite news |title=Plane Makes Crash Landing in Poland |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204528204577011912169877568 |newspaper= [[The Wall Street Journal]] |date= 1 November 2011| author =Dan Michaels and Andy Pasztor}}</ref><ref name="RS">{{cite news |title=Plane carrying 230 makes emergency landing in Warsaw |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/poland-plane-idUSL5E7M12VY20111101 |work= [[Reuters]] |date= 1 November 2011| author =Gabriela Baczynska, Marcin Goclowski and Rob Strybel }}</ref> All attempts to lower the landing gear failed, including one last attempt using gravity; forcing a [[gear-up landing]] on runway 33 at Warsaw Chopin, which is exceptionally rare for modern airliners to do.<ref name="WSJ2"/> The aircraft, captained by [[Tadeusz Wrona (aviator)|Tadeusz Wrona]], managed to make a successful gear-up landing with no injuries or fatalities. The aircraft was written off, and runway 15/33 at Chopin Airport was shut for some time to repair the damage sustained on the runway, including some lights that were destroyed when the aircraft slid over them.
* On 10 January 2018 a [[Bombardier Dash 8]] Q400 (SP-EQG) operating as LO3924 from Krakow to Warsaw reported landing gear issues. Warsaw Chopin Airport was shut down for four hours after an emergency landing there around 19:30 local time with a failed nose gear. There were no reported injuries to the 59 passengers on board.<ref name="Aviation24.be 2018">{{cite web | title=LOT Polish Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 suffers landing gear failure at Warsaw airport | website=Aviation24.be | date=2018-01-10 | url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lot-polish-airlines/bombardier-dash-8-q400-suffers-landing-gear-failure-at-warsaw-airport/ | access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref>

===Communist-era hijacking asylum attempts===
During the [[Cold War]], when Europe was divided by the [[Iron Curtain]], several LOT aircraft were hijacked and forced to land in a Western country, predominantly in [[West Germany]] and especially in [[West Berlin]], because of it being situated like an island in the [[Eastern Bloc]]. The hijackers were usually not prosecuted there but could claim [[political asylum]], along with all other passengers who wished to do so.
* On 16 September 1949, five armed people forced a LOT flight from [[Gdańsk]] to [[Łódź]] to divert to [[Stockholm-Skavsta Airport|Nyköping]] in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490916-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT September 1949 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 16 December of the same year, another aircraft on the same route was hijacked, this time it diverted to [[Bornholm Airport]] in Denmark. Of the 15 passengers and three crew members on board, 16 decided to claim political asylum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19491216-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT December 1949 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 16 October 1969, a LOT [[Antonov An-24]] (registered SP-LTK) was hijacked by two passengers en route a flight from Warsaw to East Berlin and forced to divert to [[Berlin Tegel Airport]], serving West Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19691019-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT October 1969 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* Another hijacking of a LOT An-24 occurred on 20 November of the same year, this time on a flight from [[Wrocław]] to [[Bratislava]], when two passengers forced the pilots to land at [[Vienna International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19691120-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT November 1969 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 5 June 1970, a LOT An-24 with 24 people on board was hijacked during a flight from [[Szczecin]] to [[Gdańsk]] and forced to land at [[Copenhagen Airport]] in Denmark, where police forces stormed the aircraft and arrested the perpetrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700605-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 4 June 1970 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 9 June 1970, another hijacking attempt occurred on a LOT flight from [[Katowice]] to Warsaw, but the two persons involved were overpowered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700609-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 9 June 1970 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 7 August 1970, one passenger on board a LOT An-24 flying from Szczecin to Katowice forced the pilots to divert to Germany. As he did not specify his demands any further, the aircraft landed at [[Berlin Schönefeld Airport]] in East Germany, where he was arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700807-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 7 August 1970 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 19 August 1970, five passengers on board a LOT [[Ilyushin Il-14]] en route a scheduled flight from Gdańsk to Warsaw forced the pilots to divert to [[Bornholm Airport]] in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700819-2|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 19 August 1970 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 26 August 1970, three persons on board a LOT An-24 on a flight from Katowice to Warsaw demanded to be taken to Austria. The pilots returned the aircraft to [[Katowice International Airport|Katowice Airport]] instead, where the perpetrators were arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700826-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 26 August 1970 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 4 November 1976, a LOT Tupolev Tu-134 (registered SP-LHD) was forced by two passengers to leave its scheduled route from [[Copenhagen]] to Warsaw and land at [[Vienna International Airport]] instead, where they surrendered to local police forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761104-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 1976 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 24 April 1977 another LOT Tu-134 (registered SP-LGA) was hijacked, this time on a flight from [[Kraków]] to [[Nuremberg]] in West Germany. The pilots returned to [[John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice|Kraków-Balice Airport]], where the aircraft was stormed and the hijacker arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761104-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT April 1977 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* Another hijacking attempt was suppressed on 18 October 1977 on board a LOT An-24 (registered SP-LTH) en route from Katowice to Warsaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771018-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT October 1977 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 30 August 1978, [[LOT Flight 165 hijacking|Flight 165]] en route from Gdańsk to [[East Berlin]] was hijacked by two East German citizens who forced the pilots to land the Tu-134 involved (registered SP-LGC) at [[Berlin Tempelhof Airport]] in West Berlin. Apart from the hijackers, another six people decided to claim political asylum, thus making it one of the largest successful escapes over the [[Berlin Wall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780830-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT Flight 165 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 4 December 1980, a LOT An-24 (registered SP-LTB) was hijacked during a flight from [[Zielona Góra]] to Warsaw and forced to land at Berlin-Tegel Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19801204-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, LOT 1980 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* SP-LTB was involved in another hijacking attempt on 10 January 1981, when four passengers demanded to be taken to a Western country during a flight from Katowice to Warsaw. This time, the pilots continued to Warsaw-Okecie Airport, though, where the perpetrators were arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810110-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, January 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* An Antonov An-24 (registered SP-LTI) was forced to land at Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin on 21 July 1981, after having been hijacked during a flight from Katowice to Gdańsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810110-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, July 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 5 August 1981, another hijacking attempt occurred on board SP-LTI while it was flying from Katowice to Gdańsk, but the perpetrator was restrained and arrested upon landing at [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Gdańsk Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810805-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 5 August 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 11 August, another hijacking attempt on the Katowice to Gdańsk route was foiled, again on an Antonov An-24 (registered SP-LTT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810811-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 11 August 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 22 August 1981, a hijacker succeeded in his demands that the aircraft involved (an An-24 registered SP-LTC) be diverted to West Berlin's Tegel Airport from its original route from Wrocław to Warsaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810822-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 22 August 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 18 September 1981 twelve passengers rioted on board an Antonov An-24 (registered SP-LTG) on a flight from Katowice to Warsaw and demanded the aircraft be diverted to West Berlin. A [[Mil Mi-8]] helicopter of the Soviet military tried to intercept the aircraft before landing at Tegel Airport, but failed to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810918-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 18 September 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 22 September four passengers tried to hijack a LOT flight from Warsaw to [[Koszalin]], but the pilots returned the An-24 (registered SP-LTK) to Warsaw-Okecie Airport instead, where the perpetrators were arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810922-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 22 September 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* A week later on 29 September 1981, one hijacker demanded an Antonov An-12 (registered SP-LTP) on a flight from Warsaw to Szczecin be diverted to West Berlin; again the pilots landed the aircraft in Warsaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810929-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, 29 September 1981 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 30 April 1982, eight passengers forced a LOT An-24 (registered SP-LTG), that was operating a flight from Wrocław to Warsaw, to divert to Berlin-Tegel Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820430-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, April 1982 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 9 June 1982, two hijackers on board a LOT flight from Katowice to Warsaw demanded the pilots to divert to West Germany. Instead, the aircraft landed in Poland and the perpetrators were arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820609-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, June 1982 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 25 August 1982, two passengers forced the LOT flight from [[Budapest]] to Warsaw, that was operated using an [[Ilyushin Il-18]] (registered SP-LSI) to divert to [[Munich Riem Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820825-1|title=Aviation Safety Network, June 1982 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
* On 22 November 1982 the flight from Wrocław to Warsaw (operated by an An-24 registered SP-LTK) was forced to land at Berlin-Tempelhof Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19821122-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, November 1982 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>

===Other===
* On 25 February 1993, a man forced his way into a LOT [[ATR 72]] (registered SP-LFA) at [[Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport]] during the boarding process for Flight 702 to Warsaw, threatening to detonate a hand grenade. Police special forces stormed the aircraft in which there was a total number 30 of people at the time of the assault. The perpetrator (who proved to be unarmed) was shot at and overpowered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930225-0|title=Aviation Safety Network, 1993 hijacking| publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Transport in Poland]]
* [[List of airlines]]
* [[LOT Charters]] 
* [[Nordica (airline)]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite magazine|last=Endres|first=Günter G.|title=Airline History No. 29: LOT—Polish Airlines|magazine=Air Pictorial|date=January 1973|volume= 35|issue= 1|pages=22–28}}
*{{cite book |last1=Jońca|first1=Adam|date= 1985|title=Samoloty linii lotniczych 1919–1930|trans-title= Aircraft of airlines 1919–1930|series=Barwa w lotnictwie polskim |volume=2|language= pl|location=Warsaw |publisher= Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności|isbn=83-206-0485-0}}
*{{cite book |last1=Jońca|first1=Adam|date= 1985|title=Samoloty linii lotniczych 1931–1939|trans-title= Aircraft of airlines 1931–1939|series=Barwa w lotnictwie polskim |volume=3|language= pl|location=Warsaw |publisher= Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności|isbn=83-206-0504-0 |author-mask1=6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Jońca|first1=Adam|date= 1985|title=Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945–1956|trans-title= Aircraft of airlines 1945–1956|series=Barwa w lotnictwie polskim |volume=4|language= pl|location=Warsaw |publisher= Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności|isbn=83-206-0529-6 |author-mask1=6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Jońca|first1=Adam|date= 1986|title=Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957–1981|trans-title= Aircraft of airlines 1957–1981|series=Barwa w lotnictwie polskim |volume=5|language= pl|location=Warsaw |publisher= Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności|isbn=83-206-0530-X |author-mask1=6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Mazur|first1=Wojciech|date= 2016|title=Samoloty komunikacyjne PLL LOT|series=Wielki leksykon uzbrojenia. Wrzesień 1939 |volume=tom 81|language= pl|location=Warsaw |publisher= Edipresse Polska|isbn=978-83-7945-055-8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mols |first1=Jozef |title=LOT Polish Airlines: Wings of Central Europe |series=Airlines Series, Vol. 7 |date=2023 |publisher=Key Publishing |location=Stamford, Lincs, UK |isbn=9781802822601 |url={{GBurl|yo_3zgEACAAJ}}}}
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