About LOT Polish Airlines
LOT Polish Airlines (LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze) is an airline based in Poland. The company employs 4,200 people and reaches 67 destinations in 36 countries. Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport is their home base and main hub. The name Polskie Linie Lotnicze means Polish Airlines, while LOT means 'flight' in Polish. LOT was established in 1929 and is one of the oldest airlines in the World. Lot Polish Airlines has been a member of Star Alliance since 2003.

History
The airline was established on 1 January 1929 by the Polish government as a state owned self governing corporation taking over existing domestic routes and opening services to Europe, and started operations in March 1929 [1]. The first aircraft used were Junkers F.13 and Fokker F.VII. Accepted into IATA in 1930, its first international service began on April 1 of that year, to Bucharest, followed by Athens, Beirut and Helsinki. Douglas DC-2, Lockheed L-10A Electra and L.14H Super Electra joined the fleet in 1935, 1936 and 1938 respectively (at its peak, LOT had 10 L-10, 9 L-14, 3 DC-2 and 1 Ju 52/3mge).
Services were suspended during the Second World War, and all of LOT's aircraft were either destroyed or detained. On 1 April 1945, seven years after the service was suspended, the airline restarted its operations after receiving 10 Lisunov Li-2, then a further Li-2 and 9 Douglas C-47. Domestic services restarted on 1 April 1945, while international services restarted on 11 May 1945.
Five SNCASE SE.161 Languedocs joined the fleet in July 1947, followed by the Ilyushin Il-12B in April 1949 and Ilyushin Il-14s in 1955. The Convair 240 and Vickers Viscount were first acquired in October 1957 and November 1962.
During Poland's period of communist rule, the composition of the fleet shifted to Soviet aircraft. The Ilyushin Il-18 was introduced in May 1961, leading to the establishment of routes to Africa and Middle East. The Antonov An-24 was delivered in April 1966, followed by the Tupolev Tu-134 in November 1968 and the Ilyushin Il-62 long range jet airliner in April 1973. The introduction of Il-62 aircraft enabled transatlantic services to Montreal and New York. The current planes' livery was introduced in 1978.
In the late 1980s, the fleet shifted back to Western aircraft, beginning with acquisitions of the Boeing 767-200 in April 1989, followed by the ATR 72 in August 1991, Boeing 737-500 in December 1992 and Boeing 737-400 in April 1993. From the mid-1990s LOT flew from Warsaw to Chicago, Newark and Toronto. In December 1992 the airline became a joint stock company, as a transitional step towards partial privatisation, which was effected in late 1999, with the SAirGroup acquiring a 37.6% stake. The Polish government has retained a controlling 51% holding. LOT created low cost arm Centralwings in 2004
On 26 October 2003, it became the fourteenth member of the Star Alliance. LOT Polish Airlines plans to open new connections to Far East in October 2006. This was later accomplished by signing a codesharing agreement with Star Alliance partner Singapore Airlines.
On 7 September 2005 the airline ordered seven (with two options) Boeing 787-8s for its long haul operations for delivery in 2008[2]. LOT Polish Airlines will be a European launch carrier for the 787-800 type. On the 19 February 2007 the airline converted one option to make a total of eight Boeing 787s on order
LOT Polish Airlines was the first airline and launch customer to operate commercial services with the Embraer 170.