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Sep 11, 2018 (newstodate): Until the end of 2018, the Polish carrier LOT's transatlantic flights out of Hungary's Budapest Airport will be operated with leased aircraft.
LOT has thus leased a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft from EuroAtlantic Airways on an ACMI contract.
The lease is caused by the sustained problems with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on the carrier's Boeing 787 aircraft that is draining LOT of capacity for an unknown period, so far lasting several months already.
LOT was earlier forced to lease an Airbus A330 from Air Europe to cover up for the capacity shortage prior to the new lease.
LOT performed its first flight on the route from Budapest Airport to New York JFK on May 4, 2018, and is now offering four weekly year-services.
Adding to that, LOT has also opened flights from Budapest to Chicago from May 5, 2018, with two weekly rotations on the route.
Budapest Airport lost its Transatlantic routes as the former Hungarian national carrier Malev folded its wings by the end of 2011 after 66 years of continuous operation under the pressure by the EU Commission to repay what was ruled illegal state subsidies.
LOT has thus leased a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft from EuroAtlantic Airways on an ACMI contract.
The lease is caused by the sustained problems with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on the carrier's Boeing 787 aircraft that is draining LOT of capacity for an unknown period, so far lasting several months already.
LOT was earlier forced to lease an Airbus A330 from Air Europe to cover up for the capacity shortage prior to the new lease.
LOT performed its first flight on the route from Budapest Airport to New York JFK on May 4, 2018, and is now offering four weekly year-services.
Adding to that, LOT has also opened flights from Budapest to Chicago from May 5, 2018, with two weekly rotations on the route.
Budapest Airport lost its Transatlantic routes as the former Hungarian national carrier Malev folded its wings by the end of 2011 after 66 years of continuous operation under the pressure by the EU Commission to repay what was ruled illegal state subsidies.