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Air Polonia: Anyone Flown On It?

Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18817 posts, RR: 54
Posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2175 times:

Has anyone here flown Air Polonia, the Polish low-cost airline? If so, what were your impressions? Where did you fly?

"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."

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Backfire From Germany, joined Oct 2006, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2168 times:

I've flown them between London and Poznan. It was on time, the aircraft was clean, the staff were friendly. No better than your average low-fare operator but no worse either in my opinion.

Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18817 posts, RR: 54
Reply 2, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2161 times:

On a non-aviation point, what did you think of Poznan? Perhaps email me if you would prefer. Cheers.

"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."

Thomas_Jaeger From Switzerland, joined Apr 2002, 2264 posts, RR: 31
Reply 3, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2065 times:

Have flown them on Rome Fiumicino-Warsaw, they were ok, typical low-cost flight, lower prices for snacks and drinks than other carriers though. The only thing I thought was a little strange is that the F/As did not do anything about people standing up and opening the overhead bins during taxi (with people I mean about 30% of all the guys on the plane).

Swiss aviation news junkie living all over the place

Anxebla From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2059 times:

It's very curious... "Polonia" means "Poland" in Spanish.

Adamlaskiewicz From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1938 times:

It's very curious... "Polonia" means "Poland" in Spanish.

Polonia is also a Polish word meaning "people of Polish origin who live outside Poland", or at least that's the main definition.

As the airline started life as a cargo and charter carrier taking Polish holidaymakers to sunnier Mediterranean climes I don't think they initially planned to provide air services to ex-pats. I think the name sounds quite catchy though, certainly better than some of the other low cost airline names that have appeared lately.

It's just a shame that their livery is so ugly and not as patriotic as their name suggests. I mean, the easyJet-style orange and grey splattered all over the tail and engines is hideous. Something red and white would be much better.

And as for their network, I think it is quite impressive for a small airline, especially the number of destinations now served from STN to Poland.

http://www.airpolonia.com/info/mapa.php

Ryanair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1902 times:

Pe@rson,

Some flight reviews of Air Polonia can be found here.

They sound like a pretty good carrier! Big thumbs up

It's just a shame that their livery is so ugly and not as patriotic as their name suggests.

I think their livery is nice! Big grin

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Danny From Poland, joined Apr 2002, 3482 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1862 times:

Pe@rson - I lived in Poznan 7 years. Very nice city to visit however I would recommend to go in the summer. Please email me if you'd like some detailed advice.

Daniel

Anxebla From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (8 years 6 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1772 times:

So... Polonia is a very different word in both languages... it's very curious and interesting.Thanks for that information, Adam. Smile

Do you know if Air Polonia will fly to any Spanish resort destination or to increase frecuencies to MAD?
By the way, the info found in its web-site about the 737's is false... it look like they don't know that Airbus exist Laugh out loud

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