Tag Archives: Travel Service Airlines

Smart Wings paints the first Boeing 737-800

Smart Wings (smartwings.com) (Prague), the low-fare brand of Travel Service Airlines (Prague), has painted the first Boeing 737-800 in their colors. The pictured Boeing 737-8K5 OK-TVP (msn 32907), formerly in Travel Service livery, was leased from Aircastle on April 19, 2012.

Copyright Photo: Paul Doyle. OK-TVP is pictured at Dublin on May 19, 2012 operating a rugby charter to London (Luton) with Leinster fans on board for the Heineken European Cup Final which was played at Twickenham.

Travel Service Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Smart Wings/Travel Service Prague Route Map:

Click on the map to expand.

Travel Services Airlines leases another Boeing 737-800 from GECAS

Travel Service Airlines (Prague) and GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, announced today (April 11) delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to the airline.

The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing and expands the airline’s fleet. This multi-aircraft deal between GECAS and Travel Service comprises two deliveries in 2011 and three more in 2012. The fifth and final delivery is scheduled for May 2012.

As of the beginning of June 2012 the airline will operate a fleet of 21 Boeing 737-800s and three Boeing 737-700 aircraft to more than 200 destinations on four continents.

Travel Service Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Blue Air is operating YR-BIB for Travel Service Airlines

Blue Air (Bucharest) is operating it Boeing 737-8AS YR-BIB (msn 29926) for Travel Service Airlines (Prgue), creating this interesting hybrid livery.

Travel Service leases SE-RHR from Viking

SE-RHR displays the regular Travel Service colors minus the regular blue tail. The jetliner departs from Palma de Mallorca. Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez.

Travel Service Airlines (Prague) has leased Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR (msn 30637) from Viking Airlines.

Czech Airlines sale down to two bidders

Please click on photo for full view and other Czech-CSA aircraft.

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.