Data: LOT Polish Airlines Summer 1989 Network

Published at 0030PST / 0830GMT 11FEB26 

This edition of historic network flashback features LOT Polish Airlines’ network during Northern summer 1989 peak season. LOT is the official carrier of CONNECT 2026 Route Development Forum, scheduled from 17FEB26 to 19FEB26. AeroRoutes will be attending the event.

Following operations focuses on the period of 01JUL89 – 26OCT89.

Katowice – Krakow – Cologne/Bonn 2 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Krakow – Vienna 2 weekly Tupolev Tu134
Warsaw – Algiers – Budapest – Warsaw 1 weekly Ilyushin Il18
Warsaw – Amsterdam 4 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Barcelona 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Belgrade 2 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Berlin Schoenefeld 9 weekly Ilyushin Il18, Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Brussels 5 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Bucharest 2 weekly Tupolev Tu134
Warsaw – Budapest 1 daily Il18/62, Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Budapest – Tunis 1 weekly Tupolev Tu134 (until 26AUG89, switching to nonstop Tunis from 02SEP89)
Warsaw – Burgas Seasonal charter
Warsaw – Burgas – Abu Dhabi – Dubai – Burgas – Warsaw 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Burgas – Baghdad – Istanbul – Warsaw Ilyushin Il18 operates every 2 weeks
Warsaw – Burgas – Dubai – Kuwait City – Burgas – Warsaw 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Cairo 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Chicago O'Hare 4 weekly Boeing 767
Warsaw – Cologne/Bonn 1 weekly Tupolev Tu134
Warsaw – Copenhagen 5 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Damascus 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Frankfurt 8 weekly Ilyushin Il62, Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Gdansk – Hamburg 3 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Gdansk – Helsinki 1 weekly Tupolev Tu134
Warsaw – Gdansk – London Heathrow 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Geneva 3 weekly Tupolev Tu134
Warsaw – Helsinki 2 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Istanbul 2 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Krakow – Cologne/Bonn 3 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Krakow – London Heathrow 2 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Krakow – Rome Fiumicino 2 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Larnaca 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Leningrad 2 weekly Ilyushin Il62/Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – London Heathrow 8 weekly Ilyushin Il62, Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Los Angeles Seasonal charter
Warsaw – Lyon 3 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Madrid 3 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Milan Malpensa 3 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Montreal 2 weekly Boeing 767
Warsaw – Moscow Sheremetyevo 8 weekly Ilyushin Il62, Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Moscow Sheremetyevo – Beijing 2 weekly Ilyushin Il62
Warsaw – New York JFK 7 weekly Boeing 767
Warsaw – Paris Orly 6 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Prague 6 weekly Ilyushin Il18/62, Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Rome Fiumicino 4 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Singapore 1 weekly Ilyushin Il62
Warsaw – Sofia 7 weekly Ilyushin Il18, Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Stockholm Arlanda 4 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Tashkent – Bangkok 3 weekly Ilyushin Il62
Warsaw – Tashkent – Delhi 1 weekly Ilyushin Il62
Warsaw – Tel Aviv 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Toronto Seasonal charter
Warsaw – Tripoli 1 weekly Tupolev Tu154
Warsaw – Varna Seasonal charter
Warsaw – Vienna 5 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154
Warsaw – Zurich 4 weekly Tupolev Tu134/154

Boeing 767 entered service on following routes with configuration of 18 Super Club Class and 190 Economy Class seats.
Warsaw – Chicago O’Hare eff 26MAY89
Warsaw – Montreal eff 30APR89
Warsaw – New York JFK eff 27APR89

Domestic Network (July/August 1989 only)
Gdansk – Katowice 6 weekly Antonov An24 (until 25JUL89)
Gdansk – Krakow 6 weekly Antonov An24 (from 26JUL89)
Warsaw – Gdansk 32 weekly Antonov An24, Tupolev Tu134 (2 flights on Sundays)
Warsaw – Katowice – Krakow 6 weekly Antonov An24 (no service on Sundays)
Warsaw – Koszalin – Slupsk – Warsaw 14 weekly Antonov An24 (2 flights on Sundays)
Warsaw – Krakow 13 weekly Antonov An24, Tupolev Tu134 (1 flight on Sundays)
Warsaw – Poznan – Zielona Gora 7 weekly Antonov An24 (1 flight on Sundays)
Warsaw – Rzeszow 19 weekly Antonov An24 (1 flight on Sundays)
Warsaw – Slupsk – Koszalin – Warsaw 7 weekly Antonov An24 (1 flight on Sundays)
Warsaw – Szczecin 14 weekly Antonov An24 (2 flights on Sundays)
Warsaw – Wroclaw 24 weekly Antonov An24 (3 flights on Sundays; 15JUL89 – 17AUG89 no service)