LOT increases passenger numbers in 2002 by over 5%

Some 3.4 million passengers flew with LOT Polish Airlines last year - more than 5% up on 2001 - thus exceeding the parameters of LOT's business plan for 2002 by 115,000 passengers. "Such a performance is the result of an appropriate adjustment of LOT's connection network to market expectations coupled with a flexible pricing policy," said LOT president Jan Litwinski. However, statistics for charter flights bore much worse news. Last year LOT carried 372,500 passengers - 43,000 fewer than in 2001. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.