Company History

Our history began with the opening of the first technical base by Aerolot.

From then on, the company has been closely tied with LOT Polish Airlines. The following years were ground breaking, as our headquarters was moved from Pole Mokotowskie to Okęcie.

During the Second World War, the operations of the technical base and LOT were suspended and then restarted in 1945.

Over the next few years the activities of the company were extending.

LOT Polish Airlines became the first airline in Central and Eastern Europe to operate a Boeing 767 aircraft, and the technical base had started to maintain that type of the machine.

We began to maintain the ATR 72 aircraft.

We began to maintain the Boeing 737 aircraft.

The mechanics started to service the Embraer 145.

We began to maintain the ATR 42 aircraft.

LOT Polish Airlines, the first airline in the world to do so, introduced the Embraer ERJ to their fleet. Up to that point, the technical maintenance of aircrafts was connected with the extended offer in the fleet of LOT Polish Airlines.

On July 13th 2010 LOT Polish Airlines separated its technical branch from their divisions to form an independent body called LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services.

LOTAMS extended the service to provide maintenance for the Embraer ERJ 195.

On March 20th 2012 all the shares were taken over by the Industrial Development Agency.

As a result of a contract signed with Embraer Aviation International SAS, LOTAMS became Embraer’s Authorized Service Centre for all models of ERJ and EMB aircrafts. Our company is the only authorized centre of this type in Central and Eastern Europe, and one of just two on the European continent.

What more, as a result of obtaining Ukrainian approval for maintenance (UCCC Certificate), LOTAMS started to conduct line maintenance of the Boeing 767 200/300 with PW4000 engine type as well as line and base maintenance of the Boeing 767 200/300 with CF6-80A engines and Bombardier’s DHC 8-400 line maintenance.

LOTAMS extended the agreement with Embraer International Aviation SAS in the field of spare parts exchange and initiated maintenance of the Boeing 737 Next Generation and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

LOTAMS was a host and co-organiser of the MRO BEER in Warsaw.

A year of many changes, which brings, among other things, receiving certification for base maintenance of the Bombardier DHC 8-400 and line maintenance of the Boeing 777 200/200LR/300/300ER/F, introducing the AMOS system and began the Europe’s first C1 maintenance of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

LOTAMS receives an entry to the PART-145 certificate and the right to operate a Boeing 737 MAX and – then – Boeing 777 line maintenance.

The creation of the Polish Aviation Group, of which LOTAMS has become a part.

The extension of the line maintenance by Boeing 787-9 and the signing of the contract with the Dutch carrier KLM Cityhopper for base maintenance of their fleet.

LOTAMS receives PART21J. As a result, it is the only organization in Poland PART21J, whose EASA certificate enables the design and certification of modifications and repairs of all types and models of aircraft with a maximum take-off mass over 5700 kg in terms of graphic design and interior furnishings for passenger cabins.

Purchase of land for the company’s second location – Rzeszów.

A breakthrough year for the LOTAMS Training Department – the PART-147 certificate is expanding. Due to the approvals obtained, LOTAMS is the first in Poland to conduct full theoretical and practical training on the B787 (Boeing 787-8 / -9 / -10 / (RR RB211 Trent 1000, GEnx) B1 / B2).

LOTAMS performed a C-check of the B737-8 MAX and the Part-147 LOTAMS Training Organisation extended the training offered on the type to include the B787-8/9/10 (RR RB 211 Trent 1000 and GEnx) for category C.

LOTAMS got two new clients – the airline Air Tahiti Nui and Icelandair.

The construction of a new hangar at the airport in Jasionka, near Rzeszów, had begun. It will be Poland's largest and most modern base for heavy maintenance of aircraft, including Dreamliners.

LOTAMS again was a host and co-organiser of the MRO BEER in Warsaw.

LOTAMS has commenced operational activity in Rzeszów, providing aircraft maintenance services using leased hangar facilities. At the same time, intensive construction work is underway on the new LOTAMS hangar.

LOTAMS obtains certification for base maintenance of Embraer E2 family aircraft.