About

Established in 1929, Warsaw based LOT Polish Airlines is the flag carrier of Poland and one of the world’s oldest airlines still in operation. Acting director of the legal department Mateusz Bączkowski is an exceptional lawyer, praised by sources for his significant contribution to enable the company to cope with a period of several years of financial difficulty. A fundamental member of the airline’s management team, Bączkowski successfully handled its corporate restructuring between 2013 and 2014 through state aid, a process which required securing an approval from the European Commission. He has also overseen the growth of the company including a number of new additions to its fleet over the past couple of years such as Dreamliners and Boeing 737-800s, in addition to establishing new direct routes to make the airline the fastest growing flag-carrier in Europe. Thanks in part to Bączkowski’s hard work, 28 new destinations have been added between 2015 and 2017– the most recent being transatlantic flights between Budapest and the US. Over the last year, Mateusz was responsible for negotiating and reaching an agreement to set up a joint venture between LOT and the Estonian state-owned airline Nordica, an important step towards the consolidation of the Central and Eastern Europe aviation market.