Air Polonia

Air Polonia was the first privately owned low-cost airline in Poland and flew from Warsaw and several Polish regional airports. In November 2003 Air Polonia was planning to set-up a new low-cost division called Wizzair likely to be based in Warsaw using Boeing 737-400s of Air Polonia. On 5 December 2004 Air Polonia ceased operations due to financial difficulties. In January 2005 it was announced that Air Polonia was planning to resume operations with three Boeing 737-400s, but as of June 2008 it hadn't.

Code Data

*IATA Code: 4P
*ICAO Code: APN (not current)
*Callsign: AIR POLONIA (not current)

History

Air Polonia was created in 2001 and quickly gained popularity. It started low-cost operations on 8 December 2003 using its Boeing 737-400s offering flights from Warsaw to Wrocław, London Stansted and Gdańsk, Katowice to London Stansted and Poznań to London Stansted.

Air Polonia's marketing campaigns targeted above all LOT but also non-Polish airlines flying to Poland such as British Airways or other no-frills airlines such as Germanwings. It is also speculated that Air Polonia's growing popularity altered Ryanair's expansion into Poland.

Services

When flying, services used to include:
*Warsaw to Paris, Brussels, Hahn, Rome, Stockholm, Wrocław, London Stansted and Gdańsk.
*Katowice to Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Paris-Beauvais and London Stansted.
*Wrocław to Paris-Beauvais.
*Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Poznań and Szczecin to London Stansted.

Fleet

* 2 Boeing 737-400
* 2 Boeing 737-300
* 1 Let L-410 UVP-E

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