LOT Polish Airlines will likely offer O'Hare's first Dreamliner flight
By Gregory Karp
Chicago Tribune
March 28, 2012
"LOT Polish Airlines is the first airline to announce that it will offer a Chicago O'Hare flight aboard a revolutionary Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
LOT will begin service in January 2013 between Chicago and Warsaw, Poland, its CEO said Wednesday at a news conference in Chicago. "Chicago is our biggest market, not only in the U.S. but worldwide," said LOT Polish Airlines CEO Marcin Pirog. Last year, the airline flew 160,000 passengers between Chicago and Warsaw, he said.
O'Hare's most dominant airline, United Airlines, is scheduled to take delivery of a 787 slightly earlier -- scheduled for the second half of this year -- and would "likely" use a 787 on routes through Chicago, possibly as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, spokeswoman Mary Ryan said. However, United hasn't announced a flight schedule for the aircraft..."
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