MICHAL FIJOL, A LONG-TERM MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF LOT POLISH AIRLINES, APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE NATIONAL CARRIER

The Voice of Chandigarh | Travel Trade Reporter – The Supervisory Board of the Company, having conducted the qualification procedure, appointed Michal Fijol as the President of the Management Board of LOT Polish Airlines. The new President had been a Member of the Management Board for Commercial Affairs for nearly seven years.

Michal Fijol has been associated with LOT Polish Airlines since January 2016 – first as the Management Board Representative for Commercial Affairs, and back in March 2017 he took the position of Member of the Management Board for Commercial Affairs. He completed doctoral studies in the field of Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics. As a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and the Austrian government, he also studied at the University of Osnabrück, Germany as well as at the University of Economics in Vienna, Austria. Before joining the LOT Polish Airlines team, he had worked for international corporations in the areas of digital, marketing and sales.

“I’d love to thank the Supervisory Board for putting their trust in me and entrusting me with this position. I do believe that my hitherto experience and cooperation with the extremely professional and passionate team of LOT Polish Airlines will bring nothing but good results and strengthen the position of the National Carrier not only on the Polish market but also on foreign markets of crucial importance to us,” said Michał Fijoł, President of the Management Board of LOT Polish Airlines.

At the same time, the Supervisory Board decided today to dismiss Paweł Rozkrut from his position as Chief Financial Officer.

LOT Polish Airlines is a modern carrier connecting Central and Eastern Europe with the rest of the world. LOT’s offer includes, inter alia, direct long-haul flights to airports in the United States, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, India and Sri Lanka. The Polish carrier has been consistently increasing the number of its flights to those destinations, thus strengthening its position in the Central and Eastern Europe. It operates its long-haul flights with Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the most advanced wide-body aircraft in the world. Present in the sky since 1929, the Polish carrier is the 12th oldest airline worldwide, being one of the most internationally recognisable Polish brands.