LOT Polish Airlines is the world’s third best airline in 2023, according to the AirHelp Score ranking. The airline trailed Qatar Airways and Eurowings in the rating, which was based on three factors: punctuality, passenger reviews, and fair treatment when problems arose. LOT outperformed Etihad Airways (4th), United Airlines (10th) and KLM (16th). Germany’s Lufthansa…
Baltic ambassadors in Warsaw have expressed their displeasure to the Polish authorities about the blockade of truck traffic on the Ukrainian border. The issue has been raised repeatedly with the Polish authorities, according to the Estonian Foreign Ministry. “There was a meeting/demarche of the three Baltic ambassadors at the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure in Warsaw,”…
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on December 4 that Poland would again demand the renewal of permits restricting the transit of Ukrainian truckers across the border. Poland will very strongly and unequivocally demand the restoration of transport permits for Ukrainian drivers, Morawiecki has told reporters. The EU entry permit scheme for Ukrainian drivers was canceled…
Travelers departing from Sofia Airport now have access to convenient and eco-friendly drinking water, thanks to the installation of three new “smart fountains” in the pre-departure areas of Terminals 1 and 2. These modern fountains, equipped with sensor-controlled jets, allow passengers to easily fill their bottles or glasses and directly consume water, mirroring the initiatives…
Following agreements between the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland and the Lubelskie Voivodeship, the Uhryniv-Dolhobyczow border crossing point was opened for empty trucks. This is a joint checkpoint on the Polish side, which usually operated only for cars and buses. Starting from December 4, trucks…
Warsaw will introduce enhanced checks of Ukrainian carriers on access roads to the border, Polish Minister of Infrastructure Alvin Gajadhur has said after a meeting with Polish carriers on November 29. Gajadhur said he wanted to fight unfair competition from foreign companies that were taking away the market from honest Polish carriers. “The result of…
On his last day in office, Polish Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov with Warsaw’s proposals for resolving the crisis at the border. These proposals include letting empty Polish trucks from Ukraine to Poland outside the e-queue and asking the European Commission…