27.02.2015 10:03 | Transaero reduces their Pardubice flights
As the direct Moscow-Vnukovo - Prague service became reality based on the government approvals, Transaero Airlines reduce their UN 361/2 flights between Moscow Domodedovo and Pardubice. Since summer 2015, the daily service will be reduced to Thursday and Sunday rotations (staying at Pardubice between 10:00 a 11:00). A Boeing 737-500, the smallest in the fleet, will be used. The St. Petersburg - Pardubice flights have already been cancelled.26.02.2015 09:24 | Etihad Regional to cancel their announce Prague service
Etihad Airways has not seen a big success with their European buy-in of Darwin Airline of Switzerland - operated as Etihad Regional. Cancellations of new routes and extensive changes became a rule, this time the cancellations include the Zurich - Prague service announced for summer 2015. The Saab 2000 route will not commence on March 29th as it has been announced. Other cancelled plans include Zurich - Venice and Palma, Dresden - Brussels and Copenhagen and Leipzig - Brussels. Other services will also be cancelled at March 29th: Zurich - Dresden, Leipzig and Florence, Vienna - Dresden, Leipzig - Paris and Geneva - Bordeaux and Marseille. The Geneva - Marseille service should have competed to the new CSA service between the cities - 4 times a week with ATR42. The Etihad Regional fleet will only consist of Saab 2000s since the summer timetable, the recently added ATRs will be discontinued.08.02.2015 18:50 | New Air Cairo flights to Prague
The Egyptian Air Cairo, with a history of charter flights to Prague in 2008 and 2010, opens regular flights from Hurghada to Prague since 29th March. The SM 420/1 flights are planned twice a week, every Wednesday and Sunday, at the following times in Prague: 15:15/16:15. A third rotation is planned to start at 5th June, when the Air Cairo Airbus A320 lands at 08:15 and departs Prague at 09:15. All three rotations are planned until the end of usmmer timetable - 23.10.2015. The tickets can be bought from the Air Cairo website, the final price being CZK 9 407 for both legs. Air Cairo is currently presented as a low-cost subsidiary of Egypt Air, owning 60% stake (20 percent owned the National Bank of Egypt and Bank Misr). The company was founded in 2003 and uses 6 Airbus A320s in its fleet. It started with charter flights, regular flights from Alexandria to Libya, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are then in offer since 2012. The tourist flights to Europe flown as regular routes are their new company product.
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