DEVELOPMENTS IN POLISH CIVIL AVIATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 571
• Publication Date: August 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL'WERRO EN& REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951 - 1953
SUBJECT Transportation - Air, flight schedules, passen-
ger and freight traffic
HOW DATE DIST. / 0 Aug 1953
PUBLISHED Daily, weekly newspapers; pamphlet
WHERE
PUBLISHED Krakow, Berlin, Warsaw NO. OF PAGES 3
DATE
PUBLISHED 1951 - 24 Apr 1953
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DEVELOPMENTS IN POLISH CIVIL AVIATION
KRAKOW FLIGHT SCHEDULES -- Krakow, Dziennik Polski, 24 Apr 53
The PLL "LOT" (Polskie LinJe Lotnicze, Polish Airlines) has introduced
an afternoon passenger flight leaving Krakow for Warsaw at 1600 hours. The
flight reaches Warsaw at 1715, departs for Gdansk at 1745, and arrives at
1915.
The Krakow-Lodz-Poznan flight leaves Krakow at 1350 and arrives at Lodz
at 1450; it leaves Lodz at 1510 and arrives at Poznan at 1615. Immediate
connections for Szczecin can then be made.
Orbis 5rft-ravel agenci7, located at 32 Szpitalna Street, Krakow, accepts
for air express all types of goods, both small packages and bulk, the latter
at a reduced rate depending on the weight of the consignment.
EXPANSION OF AIR TRAFFIC -- Berlin, Aussenhandels-Nachrichten, 28 May 52
The Polish airline network was !onsiderably expanded in the first part
of 1952. "LOT" aircraft serve the ten largest Polish cities (Warsaw, Krakow,
Katowice, Wroclaw, Lodz, Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin, Gdansk, and Rzeszow)
and make flight stops at the capitals of eight countries (Bucharest, Buda-
pest, Prague, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm).
Between 1 October and 15 May domestic routes have one flight daily (ex-
cluding Sundays and holidays). During the summer (between 16 May and 30 Sep-
tember) the main lines between the capital and the provincial cities have two
flights daily (morning and night) in both directions. The seasonal Szczecin-
Gdansk run is maintained only between May and September.
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The foreign services have the following flights: three times a week to
Berlin and Paris; twice a week to Prague, Brussels, and Copenhagen. During
the summer, foreign flights are made in both directions on the same day. Be-
tween October and April the return flight from Berlin, Brussels, Paris,
Stockholm, Bucharest, and Budapest takes place on'the following day.
1951 REORGANIZATION OF AIR TRAFFIC -- Berlin, Aussenhendels-Nachrichten,
16 Jul 52
Polish civil aviation underwent basic organizational changes in 1951.
In place of the two departments for civil aviation and regular air service,
the Central Administration for Civil Aviation was created in the Ministry of
Highway and Air Transportation. "LOT," the Polish airline, is controlled by
this central administration. The new organizational measures permit uniform
administration of all air traffic and hence result in notable budgetary sav-
ings.
The 1951 freight and passenger traffic plan for "LOT" was exceeded
9.8 percent on domestic lines and 18.4 percent on foreign lines. During 1951,
two new regular lines were opened, a northern one linking the ports of Gdansk
and Szczecin, and a southern one from Warsaw to Rzeazow The latter is heavily
traveled and provides convenient connections with southeastern Poland, where
rail connections are unsatisfactory.
In the foreign service the two lines from Warsaw to Copenhagen and from
Warsaw to Stockholm that were in operation previously have been merged into
one line from Warsaw to Copenhagen with an extension to Stockholm (once a
week). This change has had a favorable effect on the use of the line.
The main reason for the overfulfillment of the transportation plans of
Polish civil aviation is the economic utilization of passenger and freight
space. According to Transport, percentage utilization is above that of for-
eign air lines. An additional reason for the surpassing of the 1951 plan
was the great improvement in the operation of the available aircraft. For-
merly, flights frequently had to be canceled for technical reasons, but dur-
ing the report period, such cases occurred much more rarely, scarcely affect-
ing regular traffic. Finally, changes in technical supervisory personnel
and improved utilization of the experiences of Soviet civil aviation contri-
buted to the satisfactory results.
DOb1ESTIC AIR TAXI SERVICE -- Berlin, Aussenhandels-Nachrichten, 12 Apr 52
Beginning in April 1952, more than a dozen twin-engine aircraft of the
Aero 45 type will be placed in service as air taxis between wojewodstvo capi-
tals. Between April and the end of 1952, the number of such taxis will be
increased to several dozen. Each plane can carry three or four passengers in
addition to the pilot and needs only a short runway for takeoff and landing;
in fact, a highway or meadow is sufficient. The aircraft will also be used
as emergency ambulances serving remote localities.
PLANNED AIR TRANSPORT OBJECTIVES FOR 1955 -- Warsaw, Komunikacja I Lacznosc
W Planie Szescioletnim (Transportation and Communications in the Six-Year
Plan), 1951
As compared with 1949, passenger traffic in domestic flights is expected
to increase by 95 percent and freight traffic by 455 percent in 1955.
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A sixfold increase in the transport of baggage, mail, and insured par-
cels is expected to be attained.
The domestic air transportation network is to expand 25 percent in length
and increase 43 percent in-the number of lines.
The volume of air express is expected to attain six times that of 1949,
and passenger traffic is expected to double the 1949 volume.
The main ".sks of the workers are: to maintain more economy in use of
fuel, to extend flight periods without repairs, to improve flight efficiency,
to use better technology for repiirs and utilization of workshops, to improve
the regularity of flights, and to increase the speed of planes.
During the planned period, airports are to be modernized. Hangars and
warehouses are to become more productive. There will be wider application
of radio communication facilities and airport lighting.
One of the basic objectives will be to render air transportation acces-
sible to persons traveling on official business. -- Zygmunt Zonik
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