LOT Polish Airlines, legally incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A., is the flag carrier of Poland. It is a founding member of IATA and remains one of the world's oldest airlines in operation. With a fleet of 75 aircraft as of 2023, LOT Polish Airlines is the 18th largest operator in Europe, serving 145 domestic and international destinations across Europe, Asia and North America. The airline was founded on 29 December 1928 by the Polish government during the Second Polish Republic as a self-governing limited liability corporation, taking over existing domestic airlines Aerolot and Aero, and began operations on 1 January 1929.
A trimotor Fokker F.VIIB-3m airliner, registration SP-ABC (equipped with skis), serving the Warsaw-Bucharest route.
Passengers disembark a pre-war LOT Douglas DC-2 aircraft.
A LOT Ilyushin Il-18 landing at Rome Ciampino Airport in 1977.
A LOT Tupolev Tu-134 on approach to Frankfurt in 1974.
Aerolot was a Polish airline. Created in 1922, it was the first regular airline in Poland. Throughout its existence, the airline attained a 100 percent safety record. Nationalised in 1928, it became the core of LOT Polish Airlines, the flag carrier of Poland.
The 1925 timetable used the name "Polska Linja Lotnicza" - Polish Airline, which later became part of the name of LOT Polish Airlines
Junkers F.13 of the Lloyd Ostflug airline at Tempelhof. In 1922 six F.13s were taken over by Aerolloyd. This particular aircraft received Polish registration of P-PALF in October 1923.
