LOT airline apologizes after refusing to let violinist take his £4million violin on plane as hand luggage
He got groped! Polish airline LOT apologizes after refusing violinist permission to take his £4m Stradivarius violin on one of its planes as hand luggage Janusz Wawrowski's violin case complied with the rules LOT on hand luggage Yet Vilnius Airport ground staff still refused to give it hand luggage status READ MORE: Flight attendants reveal the things passengers do that annoy them
Airline has apologized to world-renowned violinist after denying him permission to take his £4 million ) Stradivarius violin on one of his planes as hand luggage.
Apology was issued by Polish carrier LOT after telling violinist Janusz Wawrowski that he couldn't take his 338-year-old Instrument into the cabin with him on his £400 (2,000 Polish zloty) flight from Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania to Warsaw.
>Despite the violin case conforming to the carrier's cabin baggage dimension and weight rules - not exceeding 118 cm and less than eight kilograms - ground staff of Vilnius would not budge. And they pointed out to Mr. Wawrowski that he would have to buy another ticket if he wanted to attempt to board the next flight in five hours with his violin as hand luggage.
Worried that his instrument might be damaged in the hold, Mr Wawrowski - who had just performed with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra - paid around £46 (250 Polish zlotys) to travel by bus to the Polish town of Konin, where he lives, Simple Flying reported.
Mr. Wawrowski told MailOnline Travel: "I was quite shocked at first. I even hoped for a moment that maybe it was a grim joke, as the airport was empty and not many people were traveling that day. , so I did absolutely nothing...
Airline has apologized to world-renowned violinist after denying him permission to take his £4 million ) Stradivarius violin on one of his planes as hand luggage.
Apology was issued by Polish carrier LOT after telling violinist Janusz Wawrowski that he couldn't take his 338-year-old Instrument into the cabin with him on his £400 (2,000 Polish zloty) flight from Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania to Warsaw.
>Despite the violin case conforming to the carrier's cabin baggage dimension and weight rules - not exceeding 118 cm and less than eight kilograms - ground staff of Vilnius would not budge. And they pointed out to Mr. Wawrowski that he would have to buy another ticket if he wanted to attempt to board the next flight in five hours with his violin as hand luggage.
Worried that his instrument might be damaged in the hold, Mr Wawrowski - who had just performed with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra - paid around £46 (250 Polish zlotys) to travel by bus to the Polish town of Konin, where he lives, Simple Flying reported.
Mr. Wawrowski told MailOnline Travel: "I was quite shocked at first. I even hoped for a moment that maybe it was a grim joke, as the airport was empty and not many people were traveling that day. , so I did absolutely nothing...
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