Soaring Centralwings unveils plans to enlarge fleet

"Since the beginning of the year we have transported 590,000 people. We planned to transport 700,000, but I believe we will exceed plans by 20,000," said Piotr Kociołek, president of Centralwings. According to the company, the market for cheap flights in Poland is estimated at 2.65 million passengers, while Centralwings estimates its share at 14%. "We have underestimated market development. Initially we envisaged that we would increase our fleet by two planes per annum. Now we know we have to close next year with 10 planes. We want to have 24 planes by 2010," said Kociołek. The company will choose its provider of planes next year. Currently it uses Boeing planes, and if it decides on Airbus, then it will fully replace its fleet. The company wants to control 25% of the market by the end of 2006. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) M.M.