White Eagle Aviation envisages a dogfight with LOT

Charter flight operator White Eagle Aviation, owned by the tycoon Zbigniew Niemczycki, is to buy the Boeing 737-400 it currently leases in an effort to step up competition with LOT Polish Airlines said vice-president Dariusz Krzowski. It also plans to lease two more Boeings and probably buy either an F-27 or ATR-42 jet. Since its inception three months ago, White Eagle has been well-received on the market and this has encouraged the firm to increase the number of planes from one to three. A final decision however, awaits review of data from travel agents which will help assess the exact demand for charter flights in Poland. The company also plans to build its own hangars by next year. Currently, the firm rents LOT hangars. (Puls Biznesu, page 7)