“Passenger traffic increased on point to point (Bucharest-Warsaw) and connecting flights to North America, Beijing and other European cities,” said Jakub Malecki, general manager of LOT for Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
The company carried 76,000 passengers to and from Romania last year, an increase of 12% on 2012, he added. Load factor of the LOT aircraft stood at 70% last year.
The company is considering other destinations, but will not launch more flights from Romania for the time being, Malecki said.
Asked about the passenger numbers the company expects to carry this year, the LOT executive answered he could not say because that would mean revealing the revenue target. Traffic comes from Polish companies operating in Romania with which the airline has contracts, as well as from Polish expats working in this country and the Polish community, he said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)