ČSA Expands Its Summer Flight Schedule by Adding New
East-Bound Routes
Prague, March 20, 2006
After years of notable expansion, the new summer flight schedule of Czech Airlines,
which comes into effect on March 26, 2006, provides further evidence of the
stabilization of the carrier's overall demand picture and shows an increase in its
capacity to offer flights to more prospective destinations, namely in Eastern Europe.
The Ukrainian city of Odessa has been added to the schedule as a new destination
and the airline's charter flights will start providing service to the Cape Verde Islands
for the first time.
Besides the introduction of the new route to Odessa, other major changes in the airline's
summer schedule of flights include an increase in the number of flights to Athens, Istanbul,
Zagreb, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Yerevan, Yekaterinburg and Sarajevo. For this summer's
season ČSA will renew its service to a second New York airport, Newark. The airline will also
be closing down some of its existing routes – specifically, its service to Colombo in Sri Lanka,
Birmingham in England and also its service to Baku and Göteborg.
There will be no significant changes in the domestic flight schedules for the summer,
compared to the winter. Service to the following regular destinations will be provided:
Ostrava 4 daily flights, Brno 2 daily flights and up to 5 daily bus connection.The regular daily
connection between Prague and Sliač, Slovakia will remain unchanged.
From April through June, ČSA will also be upgrading its fleet with the addition of three new
Airbus A320 – 200 aircraft, each with a capacity of 162 passengers. Czech Airlines is
planning to use these planes for regular service across its entire network – but especially, for
its longer flights. Thanks to its greater seating capacity, the A320 will also be used for service
on routes where there is greater demand.
All information about the new summer flight schedule, including a departure and arrival
timetable, can be found at www.csa.cz.
Jitka Novotná
ČSA Spokesperson
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For further information, please contact:
Czech Airlines, Jitka Novotná, CSA Spokesperson, tel.: +420 220 113 115
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Czech Airlines (CSA) – the largest national carrier among the new EU member countries according to number of
transported passengers. In 2005, the airline carried a record number of more than 5 million passengers.
Since 2001, it has been a member of SkyTeam, one of the leading global airline alliances. CSA currently offers
connections to 119 destinations in 52 countries worldwide. The fleet contains 50 aircraft – ATR 42’s/72’s, Boeing
737’s and Airbus A310/A320/A321’s.
In January 2006, CSA won the American magazine Global Traveler’s (Annual GT Tested Awards) “Best Airline in
Eastern Europe” Award for a second year running. The last two years Czech Airlines was also selected as “Best
Airline Based in Central/Eastern Europe” by the OAG (Official Airline Guide, London) and was also on its shortlist
of the eight best airlines for the year 2005.
Czech Airlines has always prided itself on its involvement in the support of non-profit projects and cultural events.
Among the most important are the “Under the Wings of CSA” programme for teaching English to children from
Czech children’s homes, support for the Czech Paralympic team, and cooperation in organizing the Prague
Spring Music Festival.
For further information, please contact:
Czech Airlines, Jitka Novotná, CSA Spokesperson, tel.: +420 220 113 115
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