Centralwings to focus on charters

MAG
opublikowano: 2008-08-20 15:55

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – Centralwings, the airline owned by LOT flag carrier, withdraws from low-cost operations and develops its charter flights.

Centralwings, which had nearly PLN 60m (EUR 18.1m) of net loss in 2007, is cutting regular flights.

“Point-to-point operations generated sales below expectations. In addition, costs are growing, not only fuel costs but costs of handling passengers at Polish airports, which could additionally weaken the company”, Tomasz Szymczak, Centralwings CEO said.

The company, which reduced the number of its routes by 50 percent in spring, will analyze them again.

However, the number of charter flights offered by LOT, will grow. In winter, the airline will launch additional routes to, among others, Verona, Turin and Grenoble.

(PLN 1 = EUR 0.302)