- 2024-04-12 12:33
- Changes in routes
Since the beginning of the summer flight schedule, Ryanair flights have returned to Turany from Bergamo. The Irish carrier's planes depart for the Italian city three times a week: every Wednesday at 22:00, Thursday at 13:40, and Sunday at 19:15. The FR 9372/3 route will be in operation until October 24, 2024.
Bergamo is Ryanair's largest base in Italy, where it has nineteen Boeing 737s stationed.
This is not the only route currently operated by Ryanair from Brno. Aircraft from the same carrier also land at Turany Airport six times a week from London Stansted. Ryanair has also operated routes from Brno to Berlin and Brno to Girona in the past.
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- 2024-04-08 14:33
- Changes in routes
Ryanair has increased the capacity of the London (Stansted) - Ostrava route. Last summer, it operated only 2 times a week. Starting from the summer flight schedule of 2024, Ryanair have added a third weekly frequency. Flights to London depart every Monday at 18:00, every Wednesday at 15:55, and every Friday at 10:20.
This is not the only route offered by the Irish carrier from Ostrava this summer. An inaugural flight of a new route from Ostrava to Malaga is scheduled for June 3, 2024. It will be a seasonal connection operating only during the validity of the summer flight schedule. Ryanair will operate two flights per week (every Monday at 21:20 and every Thursday at 09:55).
The airline from operated from Mošnov two routes simultaneously for the last time before the pandemic, namely flights to London (Stansted) and Bergamo.
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of civil aviation era at Košice Airport, Czech Airlines (ČSA) will dispatch its Airbus A320 registered OK-HEU from Prague to Košice on Thursday, April 11. Flight OK1924 departs from Prague at 17:25 and after a stay in Košice between 18:35 and 20:05, it returns at 21:20. The ticket price for a one-way flight from Prague to Košice or vice versa is 80 EUR (approx. 2020 CZK) with carry-on baggage, or 105 EUR (approx. 2696 CZK) with checked baggage, including all fees and taxes. The flight is operated by Košice Airport in cooperation with Czech Airlines.
On Sunday, May 5, 2024, it will be 100 years since the historically first regular flight landed at the then Košice Airport, located between today's Južná trieda and the railway line within the city of Košice. It was the regular route of Czechoslovak State Airlines (ČSA) Prague – Bratislava – Košice, which also marked the beginning of civil aviation operations from Košice.
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Smartwings, the largest Czech air carrier, will not take delivery of the ordered Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft on schedule. This year, the airline planned to add a quartet of 4th generation Boeing 737 aircraft to its fleet. One in January, one in February, and two in April. The January aircraft, registration OK-SWI (serial number 66343, year of manufacture 2023), was delivered on time. However, the February aircraft has not yet arrived.
The planespotters.net server has been monitoring the production of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft for an extended period. However, none of the three aircraft that Smartwings is scheduled to receive this year are listed in the production list. Therefore, delays in the delivery of the two aircraft expected this month can be anticipated.
Smartwings currently operates 23 B737-800 aircraft, two each of B737-700 and B737-900ER, and ten B737 MAX 8 aircraft. Additionally, three B737-800 aircraft are operated by its subsidiary companies in Hung...
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- 2024-03-31 08:37
- Changes in routes
On Friday, March 29, Ostrava Airport took to its Instagram account to announce the introduction of a new regular cargo route from Leoš Janáček Airport to Almaty, Kazakhstan. The airport further stated that the route will operate once a week using Boeing 767 cargo aircraft operated by Uzbek carrier MyFreighter.
MyFreighter aircraft are regular visitors to Ostrava Airport, flying in from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Data from the Flightradar24 server indicates that approximately two dozen cargo flights have taken place over the past 90 days along the Tashkent – Ostrava route, operated by Boeing aircraft belonging to the Uzbek carrier. Currently, the carrier's fleet includes three cargo 767s (registered UK67009, UK67010, and UK67015). The latter of the mentioned aircraft is notable among spotters as a "retrojet" previously operated by the German airline Condor under registration D-ABUM throughout its service in Germany. It underwent conversion to cargo co...
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- 2024-03-27 11:56
- Changes in routes
German carrier Eurowings will introduce a new direct route from Prague to Tallinn starting March 31, 2024. It will operate 3 times a week (every Monday, Thursday, and Sunday), enjoying a monopoly on the route. Both cities have been without a direct connection for many years.
This marks the third new destination for Eurowings from Prague in the summer schedule of 2024. On the same day, they will also launch a route to Nice, France. Then, starting Monday, April 1, they will begin flights to Valencia, Spain. Flight EW4284/5 will operate twice a week (every Monday and Friday). Eurowings will compete with Smartwings on both routes. Additionally, easyJet will begin flights to Nice from October.
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- 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 Jiří 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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