![]() That same year, a well-publicised transatlantic test flight from Los Angeles via Buenos Aires, Natal, Dakar to Warsaw, aimed at judging the feasibility of introducing passenger service on the Poland-United States route, was successfully executed. In 1938 LOT changed its name, following the Polish spelling reform of that year from Polskie Linje Lotnicze 'LOT' to Polskie Linie Lotnicze 'LOT'. 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. ![]() 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 Okęcie Airport. Several Polish aircraft designs were tested, but only the single-engined PWS-24 airliner was acquired in any number. The Douglas DC-2, Lockheed Model 10A Electra and Model 14H Super Electra joined the fleet in 1935, 19 respectively (During this period, LOT had 10 Lockheed 10, 10 Lockheed 14, 3 DC-2 and 1 Ju 52/3mge). By 1939 the lines were extended to Beirut, Rome, Copenhagen, reaching 10,250 km (6,370 mi) of routes. In next years there followed services to Berlin, Athens, Helsinki, Budapest, including some waypoints. In the same year, the company's first multi-segment international flight along the route Warsaw – Lwów – Czerniowce – Bucharest was launched. Original logo design from 1929, by Tadeusz Gronowski. History Pre-war LOT of the Second Republic LOT has been a member of Star Alliance since 2003. Since 2018, LOT has maintained two long-haul routes from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary where it operates regularly scheduled flights to New York during summer season and Seoul all year round. Most of the destinations originate from its hub at Warsaw Chopin Airport. ![]() The first aircraft used by LOT were Junkers F.13 and Fokker F.VII with the inaugural international service to Vienna, Austria, beginning on 2 August 1929. 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 (founded in 1925), and began operations on 1 January 1929. With a fleet of 79 aircraft as of 2022, LOT Polish Airlines is the 18th largest operator in Europe with over 120 destinations across Europe, Asia and North America. Established in 1928, LOT was a founding member of IATA and remains one of the world's oldest airlines in operation. ( Polish pronunciation:, flight), is the flag carrier of Poland. LOT Polish Airlines, legally incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.
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