LOT to launch San Francisco flights in 2020

Polish flag carrier LOT will begin flights to San Francisco from Warsaw on 5 August 2020. The route will be operated four times a week with Boeing 787s, LOT says. Noting that the route launch coincides with Poland being added to the USA's visa waiver programme, LOT chief executive Rafal Milczarski states: "We do believe that now Poles will be more willing to travel to the United States for both tourist and business purposes." Together with the San Francisco service, LOT will offer a total 11 direct routes to US destinations from Warsaw, Krakow, Rzeszow, and Hungarian capital Budapest. "Each year, nearly 300,000 passengers travel between central and eastern Europe and San Francisco, and I do believe that with our connection this figure will grow even further," Milczarski says. San Francisco will become LOT's 20th long-haul service, following the launch of routes from Warsaw to Beijing and from Krakow to New York, which are set to begin later this month and in May 2020, respectively.<br/>