LOT Polish Airlines launches longest Boeing 737 MAX route between Warsaw and Almaty

The schedule for the new route aligns closely with LOT Polish’s existing services to other Central Asian cities such as Nur-Sultan and Tashkent, as well as routes to Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Beirut, and Tel Aviv. The outbound flight from Warsaw departs late in the evening at 22:40 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays; return flights from Almaty leave at 09:20 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

The addition of this route allows passengers from dozens of European cities—including Milan (43,000 annual passengers), Frankfurt (42,000), London (36,000), Prague (17,000), Paris (14,000), Amsterdam (12,000), Vienna (11,000), and Budapest (9,000)—to connect via Warsaw to Almaty with relatively short layovers. Some of these destinations are already linked by nonstop or one-stop flights offered by other airlines.

Analysis of booking data shows that Riga, Vilnius, and Heathrow were among the top connecting markets for LOT Polish’s Tashkent service last year. For Nur-Sultan flights operated by LOT Polish in previous years—some timed at up to 7 hours and 30 minutes—Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Frankfurt were leading connecting destinations.

In addition to its Central Asian network expansion with Almaty becoming its longest narrowbody-operated flight next summer at up to 7 hours and 20 minutes block time—the airline also uses Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for Dubai routes during winter months; however those flights are shorter in duration.