Interest in low-cost flying in the Czech Republic is constantly increasing, and domestic airports have in recent years expanded their offer of cheap flights. The largest Czech airport in Prague-Ruzyně is mainly focused on classic carriers, yet low-cost flights make up a substantial part of their traffic: about 30 percent. What to Watch Out for [...]
Prague Airport is probably launching the largest one-time investment since the completion of Schengen Terminal 2 in 2006. In January, it will begin rebuilding and upgrading the luggage handling system. The contract was acquired by the Dutch company Vanderlande Industries, the price excluding VAT climbed to 1.469 billion crowns. It results from a contract published [...]
Prague Airport has cleared more than 16 million passengers from the beginning of 2018 until Tuesday, December 11, 2018, and exceeded its previous record from the last year. By the end of the year, it is estimated that 16.8 million passengers will be cleared, up a 9 percent increase year-on-year. Due to the increase in [...]
Another company announced that from the end of October of this year, the Dreamliner would fly under their colours to Ruzyně Airport. The Korean Air Boeing 787-9 aircraft will hold up to 269 passengers in three classes from Prague to Seoul three times a week. It will not be the first Dreamliner to fly from [...]
Emirates will suspend flights between Prague and Dubai. From November 6, flights marked EK138 (Prague-Dubai), and EK137 (Dubai-Prague) will end. This is the second line of the company flying to Prague. The line will be reopened after repairs at Dubai Airport, the company announced on Thursday. The completion of the airport's reconstruction and, therefore, the [...]
Václav Havel's Prague Airport cleared 5.48 million passengers from July to September 2018. The number of cleared passengers increased by 9.3 percent year-on-year basis. Most of the passengers were cleared in July, making it the busiest month in the history of the airport. In July, 1,877 million people were cleared at the airport, a year-on-year [...]
The endless hours spent on an airplane and stressful transitions could end, at least for some destinations. The Czech Republic is negotiating with airlines about possible direct flights to Tokyo, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Bangkok, as head of Ruzyne Airport Václav Řehoř told Lidové Noviny (LN). In the case of Thailand, conclusion of the [...]
Prague Ruzyne Airport is starting to prepare for the emergence of a competitor in nearby Vodochody. Both airports will compete for several million passengers a year, mostly from those who want to fly cheaply and are willing to sacrifice some comfort. For the low-cost airline segment, the owner of the Vodochody airport, Penta, has been [...]
After months of promises, Brno airport in Tuřany will get a new airline. In addition to Munich and London, passengers will also get regular flights to Milan, Italy this autumn. A new line twice a week to Milan will be provided by Ryanair. Passengers from Brno know them well. Currently, they also fly their planes [...]
In the first half of this year, the delay in civil aviation has more than doubled to 47,000 minutes per day. This is 133 percent more than in the same period last year. This was the result of Eurocontrol's data from the European Air Navigation Agency, which was announced on Wednesday by the International Air [...]
