According to Poland the finance lease of a new aircraft, on terms similar as those provided to LOT, see recitals 77-80 above, (including the type of collateral used), is a standard form of financing in the airline industry and has been recently used by many other European airlines, e.g. Ryanair, KLM, Norwegian Air, Czech Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Alitalia.
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