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Czech Airlines j.s.c. (Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.), trading as Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA), is the Czech national airline company based at Ruzyně Airport, Prague. It operates scheduled services to 69 destinations in 41 countries, including most major European cities and to transit points in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. It also operates charter and cargo services.[2] Part of the tickets are sold through its subsidiary Click4Sky. In 2006 it carried over 5.5 million passengers and over 5.6 million in 2007. The airline runs a frequent flyer programme called "OK Plus" in reference to the airline's IATA designation, as well as the term of approval; OK also featured prominently in its previous livery. It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.
[edit] HistoryCSA was founded on October 6, 1923, by the Czechoslovak government as CSA ČeskoSlovenské Aerolinie. Twenty-three days later its first transport flight took place, flying between Prague and Bratislava. It operated only domestic services until its first international flight from Prague to Bratislava and on to Zagreb in 1930. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 development of the airline was terminated.[2]   In February 1948, the Communist Party used the demission of right and center parties' ministers to take power in Czechoslovakia; later it suspended some western European and Middle East routes, and, also because of the embargo imposed by the West on the western-built aircraft spares etc., gradually replaced much of the fleet with Soviet-built airliners. The venerable Il-14 was even updated and built under licence in Czechoslovakia as the Avia Av-14. After absorbing the "heavier" part of the Slov-air operator and taking its Let L-410A Turbolet turboprop commuters into its fleet in early seventies, the ČSA partner Slov-air became the world's first airline whose captain, Ján Mičica, was slain at the controls by one of the hijackers, the event happening during a hijacking to Munich. Involved aircraft, OK-ADN is nowadays at display in open-air aircraft museum in Martin, Slovakia.   The Britannia was replaced with Ilyushin Il-18D turboprops in the late 1960s, and transatlantic routes were established to Montreal and New York, besides Havana. Tupolev Tu-134, Ilyushin Il-18, Ilyushin Il-62 Tupolev Tu-154 and modifications of these Soviet-built aircraft were used in CSA's European and intercontinental services. As was the case in several other countries, the Il-62 was the first long-range jet airliner to be put into operation by CSA and the plane featured prominently in the airline's promotions. CSA had 21 in service between 1969 and 1997, including 15 Il-62s and six (later model) Il-62Ms, of which 15 were registered under the OK designation and six were leased from Aeroflot. A CSA-registered Il-62 and three Il-62Ms were also used as Czech government transports between 1974 and 1996. In the 1990s, most of the Soviet-built aircraft were replaced with Western ones, such as the Boeing 737s and A310s, Airbus A320s, and short-range ATR aircraft.[citation needed] After the breakup of the Czechoslovak Federation the airline adopted its present name in May 1995. CSA became a full member of the SkyTeam alliance on 18 October 2000. The airline is owned by the Czech Ministry of Finance (56.92%), Czech Consolidation Agency (34.59%) and other Czech institutions. It has 5,440 employees (at March 2007).[2] [edit] DestinationsFurther information: Czech Airlines destinations Czech Airlines operates 32 monopoly routes from Prague Airport, including three domestic routes to Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, alongside with the feeding routes from Slovak cities Košice, Žilina and Bratislava. These 32 routes represent about 40% of total flights and just over 30% of total capacity. On 27 other routes, representing around 40% of flights, the airline faces direct competition from one other carrier, while on 11 major European routes (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan MXP, Paris CDG, Rome FCO and Thessaloniki) the airline faces two competitors face-on. [edit]Czech Airlines has the following codeshare agreements with fellow SkyTeam members (at November 2009): [3]
Also they have codeshare agreement with non-alliance members (at November 2009):
[edit] Fleet    The Czech Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 19 October 2009):[4]
At 20 June 2009, the average age of the Czech Airlines fleet is 9.4 years ([5]). [edit] Inflight servicesCzech Airlines offers some buy on board service on some flights in addition to free service.[6][7] [edit] Charter flights
In June 2007, CSA signed a contract with Exim Tours, the largest Czech travel agency, extending their contract for another three years. Under the agreement, CSA will continue to provide air travel services to Exim Tours' clients heading to destinations such as Varadero in Cuba, La Isla Margarita in Venezuela, La Romana in the Dominican Republic, as well as to destinations in Egypt, El Salvador, Tunisia and Greece. Foreign tour operators, as well as sports teams and companies, use Czech Airlines’ charter flights. The share of flights for foreign clients, compared with the total number of Czech Airlines charter flights, is around 40 percent. Czech Airlines charter flights carried 797,299 passengers last year. [edit] References
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