JD3313

Nope, only between 9:30am and 5pm and only max. one flight to/from each of the 32 listed destinations.

iLied

Thanks. If no agreement is reached it means my flights will be cancelled. But interesting that not all routes will be operated by LOT.

scottishpoet

I wonder if we would see a dreamliner on the LHR route if its one flight replacing the 2 LO and 3 BA flights

scottishpoet

Ryanair unhappy!! Ryanair claimed Tuesday it had filed a complaint to the European Commission over the legislation. It believes that the prioritized destinations list unfairly favors LOT.

Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary claimed that “the Polish government first mismanaged a pay dispute with Warsaw airport traffic controllers, and now has shown total disregard for Ryanair customers, choosing not-essentialLOT routes… at cost of key Ryanair route such as Stockholm or Milan.”

Marcin83

It is also likely that LH will use A330/350/B740 to fly to MUC/FRA once per day

andywaw

No, one flight will be allowed from/to destination which is not included in the priority list, providing it doesn't interfere with flights operated from the priority list. It's all too complicated...

JD3313

That's actually not what the regulation says (you can find the text of the regulation at dziennikustaw.gov.pl). It's even more complicated than that. The priority is as follows:

1. one flight only to/from destinations on the priority list (and taking into account their position on the priority list, i.e. LHR comes before LTN, but LTN comes before JFK, etc.);
2. other flights as long as the flight coordinator at WAW determines that such other flights are possible - this can include both flights to the destinations on the priority list and flights to other destinations.

This could also mean that destinations that are not included on the priority list would be served (and in theory they could even be served more than once per day). I guess in practice we'll have to wait and see. In any event it's going to be a HUGE mess.

iLied

Ryanair complains about everything that doesn’t go their way. In the last two years they complained to the European Commission about every airline that received state aid.

hugolover

The unpredictability of the strike will make it hard to maximise. Annoying...

andywaw

Technically, it's not strike. Air space controllers did not accept new employment contracts and their current contracts expire on April 30.

hugolover

I remember now...while the flex booking procedure is gone, the 24h canx policy remains in place

iLied

We should be getting policy from LOT if this goes through.

hugolover

It don't expect anything beyond the standard illegal policy for canx +/- 30 days, perhaps extended to so-called operating on the affected days

I'm talking about maximising it, its only business

I can't believe so many people are calling LOT to ask what will happen, don't they have better things to do with their time? Just wait for the canx, nothing can be done until the flights are canx. Phone lines are rammed with such pilak's calling in.

iLied

I think it’ll be more than that. From what LOT told me, it’s a standard rebooking at short notice and I suspect they will be looking at getting people to destination avoiding Poland, or put them on the limited flights in/out if necessary. Especially if their destination is off the priority list.

hugolover

That's been the procedure for years. You can always be booked on the first available flight if your flight is cancelled including OAL. They have an IROPS team for this.

I'm pointing out that you can rebook +/- 30 days should you not wish to travel immediately.