Air Polonia's first flights arrive in London

On Monday budget airline Air Polonia made its first foreign flights from Warsaw and Katowice to London, with the first Poznań-London connection scheduled for today. "This is a historic moment as Polish passengers became the beneficiaries of the liberalization of European skies," said Jan Litwiński, deputy president of Air Polonia. The take off of the Warsaw flight was delayed 10 minutes due to the need to de-ice the plane's wings, but it still managed to arrive on time. "The toughest moment came in Great Britain, where we only had 30 minutes to refuel, and passengers had to leave the plane within five minutes, leaving those departing back to Poland just eight minutes for custom clearance," said Jan Litwiński. Air Polonia offers tickets through the Internet and a call center. According to the company, the majority of tickets for December have already been sold out, which is not surprising bearing in mind price start from zł. 55 plus taxes. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7)MM