The contract selling a 44 % stake in CSA Czech Airlines to Korean Air was signed in Prague today. CSA will lease an A330-300 and use it mainly on the Prague-Seoul route twice a week since June 1st. Both Korean Air and ÄŒSA have already fine-tuned their timetables to allow better code-sharing for over a dozen destinations both in Europe and ni the Asian Pacific region.
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Travel Service Boeing 737-8S3 OK-TSA (c/n 29250, ex TC-APH Pegasus Airlines) ferried Norwich - East Midlands for ACMI lease to Jet2 yesterday. This aircraft entered service on LS641 East Midlands - Alicante flight today.
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Tatarstan Air drop Perm - Prague Saturday flight after 18 months operation on 30.03.2013, remaining in Prague with 1 weekly flight from Kazan. However the route remain active, with new CSA A319 flights, operated every Thursday and Sunday effective 31.03.2013.
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New rates of Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague comes to effect today. The increase of dozens CZK is common almost through all pricelist. New departure tax is 565 CZK (it was 525 CZK), landing of aircraft with maximum take off weight 50 – 100 tonnes costs 9966 + (MTOW – 49 t) x 176 CZK against 9300 + (MTOW – 49 t) x 164 CZK it used to be. Use of airbridge goes up by CZK 150, daily parking by 0,02 CZK per minute and tonne. Full new
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UK’s lowcost carrier Jet2 is introducing new East Midlands - Prague flights, operated twice weekly (Thursday and Sunday) effective 07.11.2013.
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First two B737-800 are ready for delivery to Travel Service at the beginning of April. Ex Austrian Airlines OE-LNR (c/n 33833) will get OK-TVX registration, Pegasus Airlines TC-APH (c/n 29250) will become OK-TSA. This second aircraft is for East Midlands base to swap on yesterday commence Jet2 summer ACMI lease contemporary Travel Service B737-800.
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Czech Airlines decided to withdraw Prague - Doneck (Ukraine) 3 weekly flights, operated by Airbus A319 last time on 30.03.2013.
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A Latvian SmartLynx Airlines Airbus A320, becoming the first of the aircraft leased by Travel Service for the 2013 summer season, landed in Budapest at 10 am today. YL-LCA (s/n 333 from 1992) was ferried from Tenerife after having mostly been used by Smartlynx Estonia during the winter season. The first flight from Budapest brings the Travel Service Hungary passengers to Tel Aviv tonight. The same plane has already been
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Icelandair Group has sold all its shares in the Czech airline Travel Service. The 30% stake is acquired by other shareholders in Travel Service. The sale has no effect on the profit/loss statement of Icelandair Group. Icelandair already sold its 20% stake to Canaria Travel at the end of 2009.
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British low cost and leisure airline Jet2 is going to lease 2 B737-800 from Travel Service on ACMI basis for summer season. One based at Leeds Bradford International, second at East Midlands.
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