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Old 1st Sep 2012, 23:57
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Correct. However, IMHO the shorter/transversal domestic routes within Poland can only be done at a profit with turboprops - ATR42/72 or Dash 8Q400. For the longer/larger routes, a young commuter jet fleet such as E-170/175/190 fits the bill. Trouble is (for any competition) that this is precisely LOT and EuroLOT's fleet makeup...

But if Wizzair or Ryanair look hard enough, they may find some profitable domestic routes (to/from Modlin, Gdansk, Szczecin, Wroclaw or Krakow for instance) - maybe as a W-pattern.

Granted, Poles do not yet fly as much as Western Europeans, but for the right price they will switch from the inconvenient (and slow) local rail network.

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