PKP IC to turn a profit for the first time

In the past its operations were highly seasonal, leaving trains packed in the summer and empty in the winter. "Since October the number of passengers has been maintained on quite similar level as was seen in summer," said Czeslaw Warsewicz, president of PKP IC. As much as 60% of Intercity passengers are business people, and thanks to them the outflow of tourists could be compensated. Due to this the company will be making further investments to improve first class services, develop menus in the restaurant car which will be fully modernized, and passenger cars will offer business papers for free. Travel times will also be shortened at some routes. In 2007 PKP IC plans to boost the number of passengers to 11.4 million, which should translate into a growth of revenues by roughly 10%. "Company efforts are bringing about positive effects," said Adrian Furgalski of ZDG TOR. (Puls Biznesu, S. 1, 6)