Poland’s OLT Express plans international expansion

Poland's OLT Express is gearing up for international expansion with a range of new destinations to be launched from winter 2012/13, tripling its network. The airline will also be almost doubling its fleet in order to serve its new Western European network. The international expansion will be aimed at taking market share from LOT Polish Airlines from secondary cities in Poland which have traditionally been served through LOT's Warsaw hub.

OLT Express has been in operation since 2001, originally under the name of Jet Air. From winter 2005/06 until mid-2007 the airline operated domestic services for LOT Polish Airlines on low density routes. JetAir's regional feeder partnership with LOT ended in 2007 and the carrier began to operate services under its own name. OLT Express' sister carrier, OLT Express Poland, was formerly a Polish charter operator which commenced operations in Apr-2011, serving regional Polish destinations on behalf of tour operators.