High fliers LOT stretch their wings across the US

Polish airlines PLL LOT will begin cooperating with American Airline - United, part of the Star Alliance group, on the American market, as both carriers have finally signed an agreement. The agreement foresees the joint participation in serving connections between Poland and the US. As an affect of the deal, Polish passengers will be given the chance of reaching over 30 American cities. LOT will service the routes to Chicago and New York, while United will service flights to final destination points once in the states. The American airline is the fifth company from the Star Alliance group that PLL LOT has reached agreement with over cooperation on joint flights. LOT will become a member of the alliance on October 26th. Piotr Dubno a member of PLL LOT's commercial affairs management board said "Close cooperation with United, one of the strongest airlines in the world, is of strategic importance to PLL LOT," adding. This is mainly due to the fact that over 190,000 passengers are flying the route to the USA annually. (Parkiet, September 6-8, p. 5) M.M.