Eurolot
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| IATA code : | K2 |
| ICAO code : | ELO |
| Call sign : | EUROLOT |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Operation stopped: | 2015 |
| Seat: |
Warsaw , Poland
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| Home airport : | Warsaw Chopin |
| Management: | Tomasz Balcerzak |
| Alliance : | Star Alliance |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Miles & More |
| Fleet size: | 13 (+ 3 orders) |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | www.eurolot.com |
| Eurolot ceased operations in 2015. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Eurolot (formerly euroLOT ) was a Polish regional airline based in Warsaw and based at the local Chopin Airport . It was a subsidiary of LOT .
history
The company was founded on December 19, 1996 and began flight operations on July 1, 1997. At first it was flown with its own flight plan and route network, but the decision was quickly made to work with the Polish state airline LOT . Therefore, eight ATR 72s including crews were leased from LOT. In 1998 Eurolot had two BAe Jetstream 31s in its fleet.
Since 2000, Eurolot flew exclusively for LOT and therefore also took over all remaining ATR machines from this. At the same time, the ATR 42-300 began to be replaced by the ATR 42-500 . The latter were also replaced later.
On June 8, 2010, the Polish Ministry of Defense rented two Embraer 175s from Eurolot in order to use them for the transportation of members of the government and the president. The Polish government opted for these machines after the government machine, a Tupolev Tu-154M , in the plane crash near Smolensk on April 10, 2010, in which President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria Kaczynska as well as 94 other people consisting of high-ranking officers and politicians and clergymen were killed, destroyed. The contract between the government and Eurolot was valid until 2013. One of the two Embraer 175 was repainted in the Polish government colors.
On October 25, 2013, Eurolot retired their last ATR 72-200 .
At the beginning of February 2015 it was announced that Eurolot will cease operations from March 31, 2015. According to the Polish state as owner, no economically viable future prospects for the company were to be expected. The last flight was from Zurich to Krakow .
Destinations
Eurolot mainly served national destinations such as Krakow, Rzeszów , Poznan , Gdansk , Lublin and Wroclaw . In other European countries, for example, Zurich, Salzburg , Vienna , Munich , Düsseldorf , Stuttgart , Amsterdam , Paris-Beauvais , Paris Charles-de-Gaulle and Heringsdorf were served .
fleet
As of January 2015, the Eurolot fleet consisted of 13 aircraft with an average age of 3.7 years:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks |
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| De Havilland DHC-8 -400 | 10 | 3 | |
| Embraer 175 | 3 | 2 operated for the Polish government; 1 operated for LOT | |
| total | 13 | 3 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tomasz Gzell: Rządowy Embraer z bliska - Photo Małe - Onet Biznes. In: biznes.onet.pl. December 22, 2010, archived from the original on October 15, 2014 ; Retrieved January 9, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ EuroLOT retires its ATR72 fleet from service - ch-aviation. In: ch-aviation.com. October 31, 2013, accessed January 9, 2019 .
- ↑ EuroLOT to be liquidated, will suspend operations from March 31 - ch-aviation. In: ch-aviation.com. February 6, 2015, accessed January 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Eurolot - Bilety lotnicze. Połączenia regionalne w Polsce i Europie. In: web.archive.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ ch-aviation.com - EuroLOT ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on January 23, 2015
- ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age Eurolot (English) accessed on January 23, 2015
- ↑ bombardier.com - Program Status Report - Q-Series aircraft ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 21 kB) March 31, 2013
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