Centralwings sets strategy to capture 30% of market

"Presently we only undertake charter flights, but after this date charter flights will constitute just over half of our operations," said Piotr Kociołek, president of the new airline. The company took over 85% of LOT's charter flights, which guarantees a 40% share of the domestic market. Centralwings plans to introduce a combination of charter and scheduled flights on some of its connections. Currently the carrier operates three planes, but "Effects of scale should be achieved at a minimum of five planes, which is the plan for 2005. Later we intend to increase the number of planes by two annually," explained Kociołek. The main objective of the carrier is to control 30% of the domestic no-frills flights in Poland. The CEO of the company said that his company could easily obtain additional financing if required. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.M.