LOT Polish Airlines adds Wrocław to South Korea Boeing 787 flights

In a very different network development, LOT Polish Airlines has added non-stop flights from Wrocław to Seoul Incheon. Poland's sixth most populous metro area, Wrocław has around 1.1m people. Not surprisingly, the 8,043 km route will be the city's only long-haul route. Beginning on November 3rd, it will operate on Fridays using three-class, 252-seat Boeing 787-8s. The schedule is as follows, with all times local: Wrocław to Seoul: LO2005, 16:25-11:45+1 (11h 20m block); and Seoul to Wrocław: LO2006, 08:50-14:25 (13h 35m) the aircraft will run from Seoul to Wrocław and back. This is because the operating equipment is, of course, based in Warsaw and will therefore route Warsaw-Seoul-Wrocław-Seoul-Warsaw. The new non-stop service means that Warsaw-Seoul flights have been reduced from five weekly to four. Booking data shows that approximately 33,000 people flew between Wrocław and Seoul in 2019, reduced to around 22,000 in 2022 due to the coronavirus. In 2019, the South Korean capital was by far Wrocław's largest unserved long-haul market, three times larger than number two, Toronto. Obviously, most people flew via Warsaw, with Wrocław by far the most popular source of transfer passengers for LOT's Warsaw-Seoul flights. This partly explains the carrier's frequency reduction. A good chunk also flew Lufthansa, mainly via Frankfurt but also Munich.<br/>