Lot Poland Boeing B-787-8 SP-LRC CN 35940 LN 86 . Taken In 2015 Editorial Photo

LOT Polish Airlines, legally incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze is the flag carrier of Poland.It is a founding member of IATA and remains one of the world's oldest airlines in operation. With a fleet of 75 aircraft as of 2023, LOT Polish Airlines is the 18th largest operator in Europe, serving 145 domestic and international destinations across Europe, Asia and North America. The airline was founded on 29 December 1928 by the Polish government during the Second Polish Republic as a self-governing limited liability corporation, taking over existing domestic airlines Aerolot (founded in 1922) DURING THE 1930S, LOT EXPANDED ITS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROUTES, LEADING TO A NETWORK SPANNING OVER 10,250 KM BY 1939. IT ALSO EXPANDED ITS FLEET, ACQUIRING DOUGLAS DC-2 AND LOCKHEED ELECTRA AND VARIOUS OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE AIRLINE MOVED ITS OPERATIONS TO THE NEW WARSAW OK?CIE AIRPORT IN 1934. HOWEVER, THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II IN 1939 LED TO THE SUSPENSION OF SERVICES AND EVACUATION OF MOST OF LOT'S AIRCRAFT. POST-WAR, LOT WAS REESTABLISHED IN 1945 AS A STATE ENTERPRISE, PRIMARILY OPERATING SOVIET-BUILT AIRCRAFT DUE TO POLAND BECOMING A SOVIET SATELLITE STATE IN 1948. RESUMING BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, LOT OPERATED A FLEET CONSISTING OF ILYUSHIN IL-18, ILYUSHIN IL-62, TUPOLEV TU-134, AND ANTONOV AN-24, AMONG OTHERS, SERVING ROUTES ACROSS EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND EVENTUALLY LAUNCHING TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS TO NORTH AMERICA IN THE EARLY 1970AND Aero (founded in 1925), and began operations on 1 January 1929.