- 2024-03-27 06:58
- Changes in routes
Boeing aircraft operated by Ryanair will now be landing at Bristol Airport alongside easyJet's Airbus fleet, departing from Prague. The Irish low-cost carrier will commence operations on this route on July 4, 2024, flying twice a week (every Thursday and Sunday). The flight schedule for route FR749/750 is as follows: BRS 14:10 - PRG 17:20/17:45 - 18:55 BRS for Thursday flights, and BRS 18:10 - PRG 21:20/21:45 - 22:55 BRS for Sunday flights.
easyJet, on the other hand, will operate flights from Prague to Bristol four times a week in the summer schedule of 2024 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday), with the exception of the summer holiday period when flights will be reduced to three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday).
Following an unsuccessful attempt to introduce a regular route to Cairo, Smartwings is now trying to establish a regular route to Athens. The carrier will face strong competition from Aegean Airlines, which plans to operate daily flights betwee...
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- 2024-03-26 08:03
- Changes in routes
Discussions regarding the reinstatement of the direct regular service between Prague and Bangkok are well underway. On Monday, March 25, the Czech Minister of Finance Zbyněk Stanjura and Jiřà Pos, CEO at Prague Airport, presented the route's potential and the marketing support from the government to representatives of Thai Airways and Thai AirAsia X. The Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic relayed this information via the X social network. "Now, representatives from Prague Airport will engage in negotiations regarding the cooperation details, aiming to encourage carriers to commence the direct air route as soon as possible," added the ministry in a subsequent tweet.
The latter mentioned carrier recently announced the introduction of a direct route from Bangkok to Budapest. Aircraft of the same carrier have previously landed at Prague Airport. In the spring of 2020, an Airbus A330neo operated by Thai AirAsia X facilitated repatriation fligh...
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- 2024-03-25 11:46
- Changes in routes
The Smartwings airline has initiated ticket sales for a destination previously serviced from Prague, but with the entire capacity of the aircraft booked by a travel agency so far. This destination is Izmir, Turkey.
Smartwings will commence flights to Izmir from May 30, 2024, operating twice a week (every Monday and Thursday). Flight QS 1198/9 will remain in operation until September 30. The flight schedule is as follows: PRG 19:00 - ADB 22:35/23:25 - 01:10 PRG. Izmir Airport, which primarily serves the city of Izmir with its population of over 4.3 million, was opened in 1987 and welcomed a total of 9,837,110 passengers in 2022. The airport also boasts rail connections.
Izmir becomes the second destination in Turkey to which Smartwings directly sells tickets from Prague. Efforts were made to operate year-round flights to Antalya from Prague this year, but they succumbed to the competitive pressures exerted by Turkish SunExpress.
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On Saturday, March 16, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by Smartwings, registered OK-SWB, touched down on Easter Island. This marked one of the ten destinations to be visited by the 64 participants of the around-the-world tour spanning 26 days. The itinerary also includes stops in Aruba, Brazil, Chile, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Macao, Hong Kong, and India.
The inaugural Journey Around the World took place in 2012 and has since become a staple event every spring. In 2020, passengers were slated to travel aboard an Airbus A340 chartered from Air X Charter, only to have their plans dashed by the onset of the pandemic. Last year saw the travel agency revert to its original carrier. Notably, the 2024 edition is the first to utilize the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Ahead of each Journey Around the World, Smartwings customizes its Boeing aircraft to enhance passenger comfort. Last year, a brand-new seating configuration has been unveiled....
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- 2024-03-11 07:48
- Changes in routes
Charlie Airlines, the carrier awarded by the Cypriot government the rights to the Cyprus Airways brand for a decade starting 2016, is set to reintroduce direct flights between Prague and Cyprus this summer. Their Airbus A220s will touch down at Prague Airport from Larnaca in Cyprus thrice weekly, every Monday, Friday, and Saturday. Operating under flight designation CY 260/1, the service will run from July 1st until October 25th.
In the summer of 2016, the Cypriot government sold the rights to utilize the Cyprus Airways brand, logo, and trademark for ten years to Charlie Airlines for over two million euros. The ownership of Charlie Airlines was split between 60 percent by Cypriot investors and 40 percent by the Russian company S7 Holding. Initially, the Russians provided the airline with two Airbus A319s, which have since been decommissioned. In April 2021, the Russian minority shareholders offered their 36.875% stake in Cyprus Airways for sale, which was subsequently acquir...
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- 2019-08-08 12:05
- Changes in routes
American Airlines and teh Prague Airport have announced a new route between Chicago and Prague.
The AA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners are expected to fly from Chicago O'Hare to Prague 5 times a week from May 8th, 2020 till October 24th.
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- 2019-08-08 08:00
- Changes in routes
Wizz Air is going to open new connection from Bratislava to Odessa. From Nov 3rd, 2019, WizzAirs A320s can be spotted flying the W6 2198 route at 15:20 from Bratislava, landing in Odessa at 18:15 local for a 18:45 return as W6 2197, landing at Bratislava at 19:40 again .
Wizz Air flies to London (Luton), Kiev, Lviv, Skopje and Sofia from Bratislava.
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- 2019-07-19 10:15
- Changes in routes
WizzAir and Prague Airport have announced new flights from Chisinau (Moldova) do Prague, starting on Dec 18th, 2019. An Airbus A320 will depart Chisinau as W6 6923 every Wednesday and Sunday at 18:35 local time, lands in Prague at 19:35 and leaves at 20:05 as W6 6924 to land back in Chisinau at 23:00 local time.
WizzAir also ads a new frequency from Kutaisi (Georgia) to Prague from Dec 19th, the W6 6421/2 flights will fly on Thursday, additionaly to current Tuesday and Saturday. The flight times from Prague to Kutaisi are 15 minut earlier than on the other days, flight departs Prague at 20:15 local time.
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- 2019-03-28 09:30
- Changes in routes
Rossiya will fly their A319s on three additional St. Petersburg-Prague flights weekly from May 24th till Sep 29th. The new FV 6623/4 flights will land in Prague at 19:40 and depart for te return flight at 20.40 every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
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