Friday, March 29, 2019

Poland Airlines - LOT



A cover from Poland - an uprated FDC issued for the 90th Anniversary Of Polish Airlines - LOT on 30-01-2019 


LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of Poland. Based in Warsaw and established on 29 December 1928, it is one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation. With a fleet of 73 aircraft, LOT Polish Airlines flies to 101 destinations across Europe, Asia and North America. Most of the destinations originate from its hub at Warsaw Chopin Airport. LOT is a member of the Star Alliance.



Tadeusz Lucjan Gronowski  was a Polish graphic artist, architect who worked as an interior designer, painter, and a book illustrator. Among his works is the still-used logo of the LOT Polish Airlines, which dates to 1929.


At the turn of 1929 and 1930, Gronowski took part in a competition held by LOT to design a new logo for their company. His winning design found widespread use, creating a recognizable corporate visual identity.

Gronowski’s logo is based on a circle, in which he inscribed the stylized silhouette of a crane in flight. Like his other designs, LOT’s crane is characterized by a simplified form reduced to a flat surface, which renders it supremely modern -- as was the objective of the project. Gronowski focused on the simplicity and clarity of the message. The logo is uncluttered, yet memorable. The silhouette of the crane barely touches the circle with its wingtips, beak and tail, which gives the logo an effect of lightness and finesse. The logo has become embedded firmly enough in the minds of the public that recent attempts to modernize it were met with outcry from LOT's staff and passengers alike. Its elegant design, combined with its dynamic and modern form, has perfectly fulfilled its role for almost a hundred years.

The cover has been posted in Zabierzów postoffice ( seen in the postmark ) 
The postoffice serves the John Paul II International Airport - Krakow . The airport is located in Balice , a small village 11 kms away from Krakow ! And Zabierzów is 2 miles away from Balice airport. 






Postcards issued for the 50th anniversary of the Krakow airport. 

It is the second busiest airport of the country in terms of the volume of passengers served annually. The airport opened for civil aviation in 1964. The Balice airport was a military site until 28 February 1968. Four years later the first passenger terminal was built there. In 1995, the entire apron was modernized. In 1995 the airport's name was changed from Kraków–Balice Airport to John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice, to honor Pope John Paul II
The old logo of Krakow airport 



The new logo of Krakow Airport 



Thanks Wojtek for this beautiful cover ! The FDCs of Poland have beautiful cachets and illustrations on them :) 

And yes , I love the old logo of the Krakow Airport - dandelions ! 



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