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{{Short description|Defunct Polish regional airline}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline        = Eurolot
| image          = Eurolot.svg
| image_size     = 
| IATA           = K2
| ICAO           = ELO
| callsign       = EUROLOT
| founded        = 1996
| ceased         = 2015
| hubs           = <div>
* [[John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice]]
* [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport]]
* [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]]</div>
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         =
| alliance       = 
| fleet_size     = 14
| destinations   = 20
| parent         = <div>
* [[State Treasury|State Treasury of Poland]]<br /> (62.1%)
* {{nowrap|Towarzystwo Finansowe Silesia}}<br /> (37.9%)</div>
| subsidiaries   =
| headquarters   = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| key_people     = <div>
* Mariusz Dąbrowski (CEO)
* Bartłomiej Matusewicz (Vice President)</div>
| website        = [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120806112353/http%3A//eurolot.com/ eurolot.com]
}}

'''Eurolot S.A.''' (previously styled as '''EuroLOT''') was<ref name="shutdown"/> a [[Poland|Polish]] regional [[airline]] based in [[Warsaw]].<!--Cited below--> Apart from its own flights under the ''eurolot.com'' brand, it operated short-haul flights for [[LOT Polish Airlines]],<ref>"[http://eurolot.com/company/eurolot.html O Eurolot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827220308/http://eurolot.com/company/eurolot.html |date=2013-08-27 }}" Eurolot. Retrieved on 18 April 2012</ref> as well as ad hoc [[charter airline|charter flights]]. Its main base was [[Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport]] (when operating for LOT), whilst its own flights centre on its hubs at [[John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice|John Paul II Kraków Airport]] and [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 79| date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> The airline had its head office in the [[LOT Polish Airlines]] headquarters in [[Warsaw]].<ref>"[http://eurolot.com/en/about_us/contact_us/ Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402112307/http://eurolot.com/en/about_us/contact_us/ |date=2012-04-02 }}." EuroLOT. Retrieved on 26 December 2012. "Eurolot SA ul.17 Stycznia 39 00-906 Warszawa"</ref><ref>"[http://www.lot.com/us/en/web/newlot/contacts LOT Offices]." [[LOT Polish Airlines]]. Retrieved on 26 March 2012. "Address: ul. 17 Stycznia 39 00-906 Warszawa"</ref> Eurolot ended operations on 31 March 2015.<ref name="shutdown"/><ref name="airlineroute.net">{{Cite web|url=http://airlineroute.net/2015/02/06/k2-s15/|title=EuroLOT to End Operations in late-March 2015}}</ref>  The company slogan was {{langx|pl|Zawsze z klasą}}, ''Always classy.''

== History ==

=== Early years ===
EuroLOT was established on 19 December 1996 and commenced regular air operations on 1 July 1997. Initially, EuroLOT operated as an air carrier with its own network of connections. At that time EuroLOT's fleet was made up of turboprop aircraft: 5 owned [[ATR 42|ATR 42-300]]18-seat [[Handley Page Jetstream|BAe Jetstream 31]] aircraft. The primary task of EuroLOT was to reconstruct the network of domestic and regional flights while reducing operational costs and to create new value in the field of domestic air transport.

In 2000 the company ceased to be an independent carrier and became an operator. In the same year, EuroLOT took over all ATR aircraft from LOT. In 2002 EuroLOT began to modernize its fleet by replacing ATR 42-300 with newer [[ATR 42|ATR 42-500]]. As of March 2007, it had 278 employees.

=== Later development ===
Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of [[LOT Polish Airlines]], its current main shareholder is the [[State Treasury]] with 62.1% of shares, while Towarzystwo Finansowe Silesia is the minority shareholder with 37.9% shares.<ref>"[http://eurolot.com/company/history.html" Eurolot: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102194552/http://eurolot.com/company/history.html |date=2013-11-02 }}". Retrieved on 2 June 2013</ref> During the 2011 summer season, after the State Treasury acquired the majority of its shares, the airline started flying Polish regional routes under the ''eurolot.com'' brand, in addition to operating flights for LOT. Starting in December 2011, Eurolot introduced flights from Gdańsk and Warsaw to Poprad, Slovakia in addition to expanding rapidly in the domestic market.<ref name="FI"/>

In 2012, Eurolot placed an order for 8 [[Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 NextGen]] turboprop aircraft to replace the old ATR fleet. In 2014 Eurolot considered the wet-lease of a LOT [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] for services to South East Asia as part of a larger LOT restructuring.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Airliner World|date=May 2014|page=7}}</ref> However, this plan did not materialise.

On 6 February 2015, it was announced that the company would be liquidated due to financial problems and end operations on 31 March 2015.<ref name="shutdown">{{Cite web|url=http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/35063-eurolot-to-be-liquidated-will-suspend-operations-from-march-31|title = EuroLOT to be liquidated, will suspend operations from March 31}}</ref><ref name="airlineroute.net"/> [[LOT Polish Airlines]] assumed some of Eurolot's routes, re-leasing former Eurolot aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/35233-lot-polish-airlines-to-assume-several-eurolot-routes-from-april/ |title=LOT Polish Airlines to assume several EuroLOT routes from April - ch-aviation.com |website=www.ch-aviation.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216112730/http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/35233-lot-polish-airlines-to-assume-several-eurolot-routes-from-april |archive-date=2015-02-16}} </ref>

==Codeshare agreements==
Eurolot had [[codeshare agreement]]s with the following airlines as of July 2014:

* [[LOT Polish Airlines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasazer.com/in-16827-lot,i,eurolot,na,jednym,bilecie.php |title=LOT i Eurolot na jednym bilecie |publisher=pasazer.com |date= |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref>

== Destinations ==
[[File:LOT 006.jpg|thumb|The head office of [[LOT Polish Airlines]], where Eurolot had its head office as well]]
[[File:EuroLOT-ATR-72-202-SP-LFC-landing-VNO.jpg|right|thumb|A former Eurolot ATR 72-202]]
Eurolot served the following destinations as of September 2014:<ref name="Eurolot Destinations">{{Cite web |url=http://eurolot.com/en/my-travel/offers/route-map |title=Route map |access-date=2014-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195601/http://eurolot.com/en/my-travel/offers/route-map |archive-date=2014-09-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color: #D0E7FF"|†
|Hub
|-
|style="background-color: #FFE6BD"|*
|Operated by Eurolot for [[LOT Polish Airlines]]
|-
|style="background-color: thistle"|*
|Served by Eurolot and [[LOT Polish Airlines]]
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: small;"
! City
! Country
! IATA
! ICAO
! Airport
! class="unsortable" | Ref
! Commenced
! style="width:100px;" | End
|-
|[[Amsterdam]]||{{NED}}||align=center|AMS||align=center|EHAM||bgcolor=thistle|[[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Beauvais]]||{{FRA}}||align=center|BVA||align=center|LFOB||[[Beauvais–Tillé Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />||September 2013||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Brussels]]||{{BEL}}||align=center|BRU||align=center|EBBR||bgcolor=thistle|[[Brussels Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />||April 2014||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Bydgoszcz]]||{{POL}}||align=center|BZG||align=center|EPBY||[[Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport]]||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations"/>||||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Chișinău]]||{{MLD}}||align=center|KIV||align=center|LUKK||[[Chișinău International Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" /> ||26 October 2014|||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Dubrovnik]]||{{CRO}}||align=center|DBV||align=center|LDDU||[[Dubrovnik Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Düsseldorf]]||{{GER}}||align=center|DUS|| align="center" |EDDL||[[Düsseldorf Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />||26 October 2014 ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Frankfurt]]||{{GER}}||align=center|FRA||align=center|EDDF||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Frankfurt Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Gdańsk]]||{{POL}}||align=center|GDN||align=center|EPGD||bgcolor=#D0E7FF|[[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport]] <sup>† *</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Helsinki]]||{{FIN}}||align=center|HEL||align=center|EFHK||[[Helsinki Airport]]||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Heringsdorf]]||{{GER}}||align=center|HDF||align=center|EDAH||[[Heringsdorf Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Katowice]]||{{POL}}||align=center|KTW||align=center|EPKT||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Katowice International Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Kraków]]||{{POL}}||align=center|KRK||align=center|EPKK||bgcolor=#D0E7FF|[[John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice]] <sup>† *</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Lublin]]||{{POL}}||align=center|LUZ||align=center|EPLB||[[Lublin Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Milan]]||{{ITA}}||align=center|MXP||align=center|LIMC||bgcolor=thistle|[[Malpensa Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />||28 February 2014|| 31 March 2015
|-
|[[Munich]]||{{GER}}||align=center|MUC||align=center|EDDM||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Munich Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Paris]]||{{FRA}}||align=center|CDG||align=center|EHAM||bgcolor=thistle|[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Poznań]]||{{POL}}||align=center|POZ||align=center|EPPO||bgcolor=thistle|[[Poznań-Ławica Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Riga]]||{{LAT}}||align=center|RIX||align=center|EVRA||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Riga International Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Rome]]||{{ITA}}||align=center|FCO||align=center|LIRF||bgcolor=thistle|[[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />||09/2013||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Rzeszów]]||{{POL}}||align=center|RZE||align=center|EPRZ||bgcolor=thistle|[[Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Salzburg]]||{{AUT}}||align=center|SZG||align=center|LOWS||[[Salzburg Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]]||{{CRO}}||align=center|SPU||align=center|LDSP||[[Split Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - || 31 March 2015
|-
|[[Stuttgart]]||{{GER}}||align=center|STR||align=center|EDDS||[[Stuttgart Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" /> ||26 October 2014||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Szczecin]]||{{POL}}||align=center|SZZ||align=center|EPSC||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Tallinn]]||{{EST}}||align=center|TLL||align=center|EETN||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Tallinn Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Vienna]]||{{AUT}}||align=center|VIE||align=center|LOWW||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Vienna International Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Vilnius]]||{{LIT}}||align=center|VNO||align=center|EYVI||bgcolor=#FFE6BD|[[Vilnius International Airport]] <sup>*</sup>|||| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Warsaw]]||{{POL}}||align=center|WAW||align=center|EPWA||bgcolor=thistle|[[Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| 1997 ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Wrocław]]||{{POL}}||align=center|WRO||align=center|EPWR||bgcolor=thistle|[[Wrocław Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Zadar]]||{{CRO}}||align=center|ZAD||align=center|LDZD||[[Zadar Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Zagreb]]||{{CRO}}||align=center|ZAG||align=center|LDZA||[[Zagreb Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" /> ||26 October 2014||31 March 2015
|-
|[[Zürich]]||{{CHE}}||align=center|ZRH||align=center|LSZH||bgcolor=thistle|[[Zürich Airport]] <sup>*</sup>||<ref name="Eurolot Destinations" />|| - ||31 March 2015
|}

== Fleet ==
[[File:Eurolot De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8.jpg|right|thumb|A Eurolot Bombardier Q400]]
As of November 2014, the Eurolot fleet consisted of the following aircraft<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=K2|title=EuroLOT on ch-aviation}}</ref> with an average age of 2.3 years for the Q400's:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Eurolot.htm|title = Fleet age Eurolot &#124; Airfleets aviation}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto"
|- bgcolor=red
!Aircraft
!In Service
!Orders
!Options
!Passengers
!Notes
|-
|[[De Havilland Canada Dash 8#Series 400|Bombardier Q400]]
|11
|3
|6
|78
|6 served LOT routes. Were transferred to LOT.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eurolot.com/en/news/newslist,14.html |title=Bombardier Q400 Nextgen in Eurolot |access-date=2013-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819034337/http://eurolot.com/en/news/newslist,14.html |archive-date=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />6 out of 12 options were converted into firm orders<ref>[http://worldairlinenews.com/2012/09/04/eurolot-converts-six-bombardier-q400-options-to-firm-orders/ Eurolot converts six Bombardier Q400 options to firm orders]</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|EuroLOT|Eurolot}}
*{{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120806112353/http%3A//eurolot.com/ |title=Official website |date=2012-08-06}}

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