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Sep 24, 2019 (newstodate): With the inaugural flight on September 23, 2019, the Polish carrier LOT is in the air on a new route to South Korea.
The carrier is now offering three weekly rotations on the route between Budapest Airport and Seoul Incheon Airport using Boeing 787 aircraft.
This is the third long-haul route by LOT outside its Polish homeland after the opening of flights from Hungary's Budapest Airport to New York on May 4, 2018, offering four weekly year-around Boeing 787-8 services, followed by the opening of 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.
Pending a decision on the future of Warsaw Chopin Airport, LOT has found other ways to secure room for expansion including establishing Budapest, in Hungary, as a new hub for its Transatlantic and other intercontinental flights.
The carrier is now offering three weekly rotations on the route between Budapest Airport and Seoul Incheon Airport using Boeing 787 aircraft.
This is the third long-haul route by LOT outside its Polish homeland after the opening of flights from Hungary's Budapest Airport to New York on May 4, 2018, offering four weekly year-around Boeing 787-8 services, followed by the opening of 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.
Pending a decision on the future of Warsaw Chopin Airport, LOT has found other ways to secure room for expansion including establishing Budapest, in Hungary, as a new hub for its Transatlantic and other intercontinental flights.