Central wings plans to increase its fleet and connections

"Over the period we have transported 160,000 passengers on chartered flights and 101,000 on scheduled flights," said Piotr Kociołek, president of Centralwings. The carrier took over charter flights from its parent company, national airline LOT, which were operating at a loss. "We have been running charter flights since November and they are currently profitable. It seems that the situation will be the same at the end of the year," said Kociołek. Centralwings presented its flight schedule for 2005/2006 and this time it is focusing on Ireland. "We will launch direct flights to Dublin, Shannon and Edinborough. These routes are very popular, especially among those looking for work," explained Kociołek. Centralwings will launch new flights to Grenoble and Milan, but it is ceasing its flights to Prague. It will also expand its fleet, so by the end of the year it will operate six planes. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.M.