Pegasus Airlines Sets Up Dutch Unit for Smartwings Acquisition
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has established a Dutch subsidiary as part of its planned acquisition of Smartwings, the Czech carrier, advancing… Read More »
Smartwings Adds Bilbao and Toulouse to Winter Routes
Smartwings, the largest airline in the Czech Republic, is continuing its rapid growth with a major expansion of its winter… Read More »
Czech Airlines ČSA to Cease Operations, Join Smartwings
Czech Republic’s flag carrier, ČSA Czech Airlines, is set to end its operational activities and retire its iconic “OK” code… Read More »
CSA Czech Airlines to Retire OK Code as Smartwings Takes Over Operations
CSA Czech Airlines will discontinue its OK-coded flight numbers from late October, marking a significant shift in the carrier’s operational… Read More »
CSA Czech Airlines to End OK-Coded Flights, Shift to Smartwings QS Codes
CSA Czech Airlines will end operations under its OK-coded flight numbers from late October as part of significant changes to… Read More »
Smartwings Transitions to Full Czech Ownership After CITIC Group Stake Sale
Smartwings has officially become a fully Czech-owned entity, following the sale of CITIC Group’s 49.92% stake to Prague City Air,… Read More »
Flydubai Partners with Smartwings for Wet Lease of Next-Gen Boeing 737-800 Aircraft
Dubai’s prominent carrier, Flydubai, has officially announced a strategic collaboration with Czech Republic-based airline, Smartwings. The partnership, unveiled on August… Read More »
Lufthansa Technik supports Smartwings’ Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft
Lufthansa Technik and Czech airline Smartwings have signed a five years comprehensive Total Component Support (TCS®) contract covering repair and… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings to open Canary Islands base
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has secured charter contracts for the Winter 2021/22 season for services connecting Las Palmas… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings files MAX lawsuit against Boeing
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has filed a lawsuit against Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the damage done to… Read More »
Smartwings appeals for CSA Czech Airlines restructuring
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has filed a petition with the Municipal Court in Prague (Městský soud v Praze)… Read More »
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Israir to Wet-Lease A320-200 from FLYYO for Summer 2025
Israir will wet-lease one Airbus A320-200 from Romanian ACMI operator FLYYO for the upcoming Summer 2025 travel season. The lease… Read More »
Transatlantic Boom: New Routes Expand in Q2 2025
The North Atlantic market is set to experience a significant surge in activity in the second quarter of 2025, with… Read More »
Feb 2025: 50 New Routes Reshape Air Travel
A flurry of new routes is set to transform global air travel in February 2025, as major carriers launch a… Read More »
Akureyri Airport Expands to Increase Passenger Capacity
Akureyri Airport in Iceland has recently celebrated the inauguration of a new terminal and airfield, a significant development that expands… Read More »
Etihad Airways Adds New Routes to Prague and Warsaw
Etihad Airways is enhancing its connectivity from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Central and Eastern Europe by introducing two… Read More »
flydubai Boosts Fleet with Additional Wet-Lease Agreement Amid Boeing MAX Delivery Delays
flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, has strategically expanded its operational capacity by entering into a renewed wet-lease agreement with Smartwings (Czechia)… Read More »
Arkia and Israir Explore Merger Amidst Challenging Market Conditions
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has entered into preliminary merger talks with Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben… Read More »
El Al Israel Airlines Considers Airbus for Upcoming Narrowbody Aircraft Order
El Al Israel Airlines (LY), the Israeli carrier, is in advanced discussions with Airbus alongside its existing discussions with Boeing… Read More »
Enhanced Winter Sun and Expanded Leisure Capacity at Nuremberg (NUE) Airport
Airlines are engaging more and more in NUE’s winter and are filling a leisure capacity gap that has been present… Read More »
Czech Airlines Makes a Comeback with Lease of Four A220 Aircraft
Czech Airlines (CSA) seems set to experience a revival, just in time to mark its centenary this October. On June… Read More »
Bratislava airport adds 37 flight connections this summer
From Sunday, March 26, the summer flight season starts at M. R. Štefánik Airport, which brings 37 direct routes, of… Read More »
Airlines from around the world are joining in rescue operation in Turkey
When a major natural disaster strikes, aircraft, whether military or commercial, become an essential component of the relief effort. This… Read More »
Lodz Airport Central Poland recovering after the pandemic
Lodz Airport is finally back on a roll with great results in June! It was a hard time for every… Read More »
Lodz Airport: Third new summer route
On Monday (June, 13th) Czech airline – Smartwings launched a direct connection from #Lodz to #Rhodes. Traditionally the first flight… Read More »