Eurowings introduced a new service between Prague and Agadir in Morocco on Wednesday 1 November. The 2,960-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. Eurowings faces no competition on the route, being the only carrier linking Prague with Morocco during the winter. Over the summer months, Smartwings maintains […]
November 10, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Spanish carrier World2Fly launched a new long-haul leisure service between Prague and Santa Clara in Cuba on Tuesday 24 October. This will be followed by the introduction of flights from the Czech capital to Punta Cana in the Dominical Republic on 25 October and to Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on 26 October. The 8,412-kilometre […]
October 25, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Prague Airport is making bold strides towards securing an increasing number of long-haul travel options, buoyed by both inbound tourism and the enthusiasm of Czech travellers who have been eager to explore the world again. At the same time, it is embarking on a transformative infrastructure development journey. The airport has put a strong focus […]
October 18, 2023 | Air Service Community News
easyJet launched a new service between Lyon and Prague on Monday 4 September. The 840-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly on Mondays and Fridays with the 156-seat A319 aircraft. The LCC will compete directly against Volotea’s 2-weekly rotation. What they said Manuel Guening, Manager for Corporate Communications at easyJet, said: “This new connection offers Lyonnais […]
September 7, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The ‘new’ Cyprus Airways launched operations in 2017 and remains a small operator. According to Planespotters, it has five aircraft: three 180-seat A320s and two 133-seat A220-300s. The A220s joined its fleet in June 2023 and entered revenue service in August, although September is the month with much greater activity. Last year, Cyprus Airways said […]
August 31, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Taiwan to Europe is a sizeable market. In the pre-pandemic 2019, it had around 1.8 million passengers, nearly 5,000 a day. However, two-thirds were indirect, reflecting a relative lack of non-stop flights. According to Cirium data, there are 14 routes in August 2023. All but two are by Taiwanese carriers, with the Asian country the […]
August 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
China Airlines inaugurated flights between its Taipei hub and Prague on Tuesday 18 July, with the 2-weekly service to be maintained on Tuesdays and Saturdays with the 306-seat A350-900 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. It becomes Prague Airport’s longest non-stop service. Flight CI67 departs Taipei at 23:20 local time, arriving in […]
July 24, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air introduced flights between Prague and Yerevan on Monday 26 June, with the 2-weekly service to be maintained on Mondays and Fridays. The ULCC will utilise its A321neo aircraft on the 2,590-kilometre route. It faces no competition on flights between the two capitals. What they said Zsuzsa Trubek, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air, […]
July 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings commenced seasonal flights between its Prague base and Rhodes on Tuesday 6 June. The 1,890-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays with the A319 aircraft. The airline faces direct competition from Smartwings, which maintain flights between the two airports 13-weekly, and Ryanair’s 2-weekly service. Eurowings is adding a further two Greek […]
June 14, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Among Central Europe’s four biggest airports (those serving the capitals of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania), Prague Airport has seen the slowest recovery post-pandemic. Bucharest, despite the collapse of Blue Air, has fully recovered, Warsaw WAW is at 95% recovery and Budapest is at around 90%. However, Prague is at just 75% according to […]
June 1, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Croatia Airlines added a new seasonal service between Dubrovnik and Prague on Thursday 18 May, complementing its summer flights from Split to the Czech capital, which were introduced last year. The 890-kilometre route will be maintained weekly with the A319 aircraft. The new service will run until 12 October and compete against daily Smartwings flights. […]
May 24, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Service One has collected October passenger figures for almost 250 airports across Europe, including the vast majority of major airports. These can be found in our free to download EATS (European Airport Traffic Statistics) file on the Air Service One homepage. We have identified all major airports reporting over one million passengers in October […]
November 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story