Tag Archives: Czech Airlines-CSA

Czech Airlines is now operating Boeing 737-436 OK-WGY for DanubeWings

Czech's Boeing 737-436 OK-WGY (msn 25839) is seen in a Prague hangar before the lease. Copyright Photo: Czech Airlines via Marco Finelli.

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) starting today (December 1) has wet leased its Boeing 737-436 OK-WGY (msn 25839) to DanubeWings (DanubeWings.com) (Bratislava). DanubeWings today launched jet service with OK-WGY from Poprad-Tatry to London (Luton), Dublin and Manchester.

News link:

http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/37297/10/

danube_wings_airline_announces_its_plans_in_slovakia.html

Czech Airlines is operating A320 OK-GEB for Aircalin

Czech Airlines-CSA A320-200 OK-GEB (07)(Apr) AKL (CH)(LR)

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) is operating its Airbus A320-214 OK-GEB (msn 1450) on a dry lease to Aircalin-Air Caledonie International (Noumea).

Czech loses over $100 million, survival in doubt

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) lost over $100 million in the first half of this year. According to its management, the flag carrier is fighting for its survival.

News link:

www.radio.cz/en/article/119649

Czech Airlines to drop JFK for winter season

A310-325 OK-YAC (msn 672) of Czech Airlines arrives at New York (JFK) in the new 2007 colors. Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen.

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) due to decreased demand, will drop its long range route to New York (JFK) at the beginning of the winter season. The two Airbus A310s will be redeployed to charter operations.

Additional details:

www.csanews.cz/en/news/news_tz_data/tz_02072009b.htm

Czech Airlines to fly Prague-Novosibirsk

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) will add a new Airbus A319 route connecting the Prague hub with Novosibirsk in central Russia starting on April 28. The new route will be operated twice a week. Czech is adding new routes to Russia.

Czech Airlines sale down to two bidders

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The Czech government has narrowed the potential winning bidder for stated-owned Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) down to two bidders – Air France-KLM and the Czech consortium of Unimex-Travel Service Airlines (Prague). The government wants to sell its 91.5 percent stake in the flag carrier. Czech Airlines is a fellow member of the SkyTeam Alliance with Air France-KLM. Aeroflot Russian Airlines has been eliminated from the bidding.

Aeroflot submits tender offer for Czech Airlines

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Aeroflot (Moscow) has submitted a tender offer to the Ministry of Finance with the intent to buy the Czech government’s 91.5 percent share of the state airline.

In other news, Czech Airlines will start serving Novosibirsk and Tashkent at the end of March for the summer season.

Czech Airlines’ first ATR 42 in the new colors

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) has painted its first ATR 42-500 (OK-JFJ, msn 623) in the new 2007 colors.

OK-JFJ (msn 623) was repainted in February 2009 and is spotted at Nuremberg. Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.

OK-JFJ was repainted in February 2009 and is spotted at Nuremberg. Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.

Czech Airlines leases Nayzak two 737-400s

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Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) has finalized a lease of two 162-passenger Boeing 737-400s to Nayzak Air Transport (Tripoli). The lease will run through May 2010. Previously Nayzak signed a lease for three 737-400s from Centralwings. The private airline was formed in 2005 and commenced operations on June 6, 2006.