SmartWings is cutting Prague - Dubai flights during summer 2015. There are 6 flights (daily except Tue) by end of April 2015. There are no flights 5th, 6th and 9th of May and connection is ceased from May 12th till Sep 22nd. Effective from Sep 23rd there are four weekly flights (Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun) by end of October.
SmartWings originally expected daily flight for full summer season. During SmartWings service break, non-stop daily service is provided by Emirates and 4x weekly by FlyDubai.
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Three Travel Service (TVS) Boeings 737-800 (OK-TSA, OK-TVO a OK-TVX) are about to leave next week to India for two months. New lessor is SpiceJet sending them from Delhi to national (Bangalore, Chennai, Lokpriya) and regional (Dubai) destinations. Another frame (OK-TVU) is returning from lease at Oman Air with last scheduled flight March 31st. TVS is strengthening presence at Slovak market. Current fleet, Airbus A320 (OM-HCA), will be enhanced by Boeing 737-800 (OM-TSG) that is going to be reregistered from the Czech Republic.
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Wizz Air is going to change the Rome airport for Prague flights since March 31st. All the three weekly flights move from Fiumicino to Ciampino, 12 km south-east from the city centre. That might be a slight advantage against the other Prague-Rome carriers (CSA, SmartWings, easyJet, Vueling Airlines and Alitalia) as their destination Fiumicino lies 35 km from the centre. The departure from Prague moves from 09:40 to 14:40 from the commencing of the summer timetable. Traditionally, Wizz Air uses both Rome airports, Ciampino hosts the Romanian routes and flights from Kishinew in Moldova, On the other hand, the Katowice route will move from Ciampino to Fiumicino.
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The airport in Karlovy Vary loses its last regular flights by an international carrier. Aeroflot is following Rossiya and Ural Airlines and the last flight on the Moscow-Karlovy Vary route is planned on 05.04.2015. Aeroflot used to regularly service Karlovy Vary between June 1998 and September 2000 and renewed the flights on 30.05.2006. Despite the decline in demand by Russian passengers, CSA Czech Airlines keep their three flights a week to Moscow and one to St. Petersburg for the whole summer timetable.
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Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Travel Service for two new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft last week. Both aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing and scheduled for delivery in spring 2018 and 2019. Another new type to Czech carrier fleet, expected in two months from now, is 212 economy seat capacity Boeing 737-900ER, leased from SpiceJet.
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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 alrea...
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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 co...
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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 plann...
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Ryanair announced a new route from Bremen to Prague. The airport in northern Germany will be connected with Prague since 02.05.2015 three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - departing Bremen at 12:35 and Prague at 14:15). Ryanair offer the tickets at the one-way prices start at 19.99 EUR.
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LOT of Poland adds more flights to Prague since 29.3., reaching up to five flights at some days. The new LO529 flights are planned for every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, leaving Warsaw at 20:10 and reaching Prague at 21:30. The primary planned plane for this flight is DHC8-400 Eurolot, staying at Prague overnight and leaving the next day at 06:55 as LO530 back to Warsaw (landing at 08:15).
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