Meanwhile, Polonia's former foes jump at chance to help

"We want to transport 90% of Air Polonia's 53,000 passengers. Obviously we cannot offer the same dates," declared SkyEurope spokesperson Eryk Kłopotowski. Hungarian WizzAir went further: "We are capable of transporting all clients of Air Polonia until Christmas. For this purpose we have launched six additional flights to London and Brussels," said Jozsef Varadi. Fellow airlines fear that Air Polonia's troubles undermined the good name of cheap airlines, but national carrier LOT is not withdrawing from its plans to launch another cheap airline in the near future. Experts claim that LOT must avoid the mistakes of Air Polonia, such as over investments and lack of operational funds. However, the national carrier itself is not in a healthy financial con dition. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 11) M.M.