After discussing potential route development from various other source regions, this time the new EU member States on former Warsaw Pact territory are looked at.
Poland
The Warsaw to Malta scheduled route was (as usual) pioneered by Air Malta way back in 1995 with a once weekly scheduled flight (summer schedule). During the early to mid-1990s, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria were recognised as future markets to diversify Malta’s source market portfolio.
After the first risky years, Air Malta was replaced, apparently due to tour operator policy, around 2000. Flights were shifted to charter carrier White Eagle Aviation. These flights were then shifted to State carrier LOT, and these flights were in turn shifted to LOT’s low-cost subsidiary Centralwings. Surely with every shift one “attracted a new airline”. But it remained basically equal frequency and equal capacity.
