WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish flag carrier LOT has signed a deal for two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, Minister Dariusz Klimczak said on social media platform X on Thursday, which will be obtained through a lease deal according to LOT’s chief executive.
“In the face of global challenges related to the availability of wide-body aircraft, this success opens up new opportunities for LOT Polish Airlines expansion in line with its adopted development strategy,” he wrote.
The Dreamliners will be delivered to LOT in 2026,the airliner’s chief executive Michal Fijol was cited by state news agency PAP.
“Currently, these planes operate for another airline. I cannot say yet which entity it is,” Fijol added, according to PAP.
He was also cited as saying that the outcome of a tender for 84 aircraft to operate on regional routes should be made public within the next few weeks.
(Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Alan Charlish and Karol Badohal; editing by David Evans)
