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{{Infobox_Airline |airline=CSA Czech Airlines |logo =Czech Airlines logo 2007.png|logo_size=222px|IATA=OK|ICAO=CSA|callsign=CSA-LINES|parent=Czech Airlines, a. s.|founded=1923|headquarters=Prague, Czech Republic)|hubs=[Ruzyně International Airport|fleet_size=50 (+12 orders)|destinations=70|website= http://www.czechairlines.com|-->
CSA Czech Airlines (in [Czech language:
České aerolinie (
abbreviation:
ČSA)) is the
Czech Republic national
airline company,and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at Ruzyně International Airport, Prague. It operates scheduled services to 120 destinations in 52 countries, including most major Europe cities and to transit points in
North America,
Asia, the
Middle East and
North Africa It also operates charter and cargo services
Flight International 3 April 2007. In 2006 it carried over 5 and half million passengers . The airline runs a frequent flyer programme called the "OK Plus Frequent Flyer Programme". It is a member of the
SkyTeam alliance.
History
CSA was founded on
October 6,
1923 by the Czechoslovak government as CSA
Československé státní 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 Zagreb in 1930. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 development of the airline was terminated.
In January 1948 the Communist Party seized power in Czechoslovakia, suspended some western European and
Middle East routes, and replaced much of the fleet with Soviet-built aircraft. In 1957 CSA became one of the world's first airlines to fly jet services, taking delivery of the first
Tupolev Tu-104. The first transatlantic services started on
3 February 1962 with a flight to Havana, using a
Bristol Britannia jet-prop supplied by
Cubana de Aviación. CSA's transatlantic flights were code-shared with Cubana's own services to Prague, and Cubana's crews provided initial training and assistance in the operation of the Britannias.
The Britannia was replaced with Ilyushin
Il-62 aircraft in the late
1960s, and transatlantic routes were established to
Montreal and
New York, besides
Havana. Tupolev Tu-134,
Ilyushin Il-18 and other Soviet-built aircraft were used in CSA's European services. In the
1990s, all Soviet-built aircraft were replaced with Western-built ones, such as the
Boeing 737s and
A310s, Airbus A320s, and short-range ATR aircraft.
After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia 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).
Destinations
Fleet
The Czech Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of September 2007: CSA Czech Airlines Fleet Information{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+
CSA Czech Airlines Fleet|- bgcolor=lightblue!Aircraft!Total!Passengers
(Business/Economy)!Routes!Notes|-|Airbus A310|4|201 (21/188)
207|
Long haul North America||-|
Airbus A319|2
(4 orders)||
Short-medium haul||-|Airbus A320|8||
Short-medium haul||-|
Airbus A321|2|212|
Short-medium haul Europe and Middle East||-|Boeing 737|11|144 (12/132)
162|
Short-medium haul|To be phased out
Selling to:
Centralwings|11|108 (12/90)|Short-medium haul||-|[ATR 42|8|46|
Short haul||-|ATR 72|4|64|
Short haul||}The average age of the CSA fleet is 8.6 years as of February 2007 Czech Airlines Fleet Age.
Charter flights
Czech airlines operates charter flights, especially during the summer period, from Prague, Brno and Ostrava airports.Theese flights are operated for travel agencies in the Czech republic, such as Exim tours.
Incidents and accidents
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+
CSA Czech Airlines Incidents and Accidents|- bgcolor=lightblue!rowspan="2"|Date!rowspan="2"|Aircraft!rowspan="2"|Location!rowspan="2"|Description!colspan="4"|Injuries|-|-bgcolor=ivory!Fatal!Serious!Minor!Uninjured|-|March 28, 1961|Ilyushin Il-18 Flight 001|
Nürnberg,
Germany OK-PAF|[Casablanca,
Morocco OK-DBF|[Damascus,
Syria [ČSA Flight OK-NAB|Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Flight 006|[Toronto Pearson International Airport, American passenger infected with [Tuberculosis
Later quarantined to reduce spread of disease] Flight 009|
London Heathrow International Airport|Emergency landing due to loss of full power in engine 1
Landed safely|0|0|0|?|}
References
- http://www.csanews.cz/en/news/news_tz_data/tz_27032007.htm
External links
- Czech Airlines
- Fleet
- Photos
{{Infobox_Airline |airline=CSA Czech Airlines |logo =Czech Airlines logo 2007.png|logo_size=222px|IATA=OK|ICAO=CSA|callsign=CSA-LINES|parent=Czech Airlines, a. s.|founded=1923|headquarters=Prague,
Czech Republic)|hubs=[Ruzyně International Airport|fleet_size=50 (+12 orders)|destinations=70|website= http://www.czechairlines.com|-->
CSA Czech Airlines (in [Czech language:
České aerolinie (
abbreviation:
ČSA)) is the Czech Republic national
airline company,and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at Ruzyně International Airport,
Prague. It operates scheduled services to 120 destinations in 52 countries, including most major Europe cities and to transit points in
North America, Asia, the Middle East and
North Africa It also operates charter and cargo services
Flight International 3 April 2007. In 2006 it carried over 5 and half million passengers . The airline runs a frequent flyer programme called the "OK Plus Frequent Flyer Programme". It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.
History
CSA was founded on October 6, 1923 by the Czechoslovak government as CSA
Československé státní 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 Zagreb in 1930. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 development of the airline was terminated.
In January 1948 the Communist Party seized power in Czechoslovakia, suspended some western European and
Middle East routes, and replaced much of the fleet with Soviet-built aircraft. In 1957 CSA became one of the world's first airlines to fly jet services, taking delivery of the first
Tupolev Tu-104. The first transatlantic services started on 3 February
1962 with a flight to Havana, using a Bristol Britannia jet-prop supplied by Cubana de Aviación. CSA's transatlantic flights were code-shared with Cubana's own services to
Prague, and Cubana's crews provided initial training and assistance in the operation of the Britannias.
The Britannia was replaced with Ilyushin Il-62 aircraft in the late 1960s, and transatlantic routes were established to Montreal and New York, besides
Havana.
Tupolev Tu-134, Ilyushin Il-18 and other Soviet-built aircraft were used in CSA's European services. In the 1990s, all Soviet-built aircraft were replaced with Western-built ones, such as the Boeing 737s and
A310s,
Airbus A320s, and short-range ATR aircraft.
After the
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia 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).
Destinations
Fleet
The Czech Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of September 2007: CSA Czech Airlines Fleet Information{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+
CSA Czech Airlines Fleet|- bgcolor=lightblue!Aircraft!Total!Passengers
(Business/Economy)!Routes!Notes|-|
Airbus A310|4|201 (21/188)
207|
Long haul North America||-|Airbus A319|2
(4 orders)||
Short-medium haul||-|Airbus A320|8||
Short-medium haul||-|Airbus A321|2|212|
Short-medium haul Europe and Middle East||-|
Boeing 737|11|144 (12/132)
162|
Short-medium haul|To be phased out
Selling to:
Centralwings|11|108 (12/90)|Short-medium haul||-|[ATR 42|8|46|
Short haul||-|
ATR 72|4|64|
Short haul||}The average age of the CSA fleet is 8.6 years as of February 2007 Czech Airlines Fleet Age.
Charter flights
Czech airlines operates charter flights, especially during the summer period, from Prague, Brno and Ostrava airports.Theese flights are operated for travel agencies in the Czech republic, such as Exim tours.
Incidents and accidents
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+
CSA Czech Airlines Incidents and Accidents|- bgcolor=lightblue!rowspan="2"|Date!rowspan="2"|Aircraft!rowspan="2"|Location!rowspan="2"|Description!colspan="4"|Injuries|-|-bgcolor=ivory!Fatal!Serious!Minor!Uninjured|-|March 28, 1961|Ilyushin Il-18 Flight 001|
Nürnberg, Germany OK-PAF|[Casablanca,
Morocco OK-DBF|[Damascus,
Syria [ČSA Flight OK-NAB|
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Flight 006|[Toronto Pearson International Airport, American passenger infected with [Tuberculosis
Later quarantined to reduce spread of disease] Flight 009|London Heathrow International Airport|Emergency landing due to loss of full power in engine 1
Landed safely|0|0|0|?|}
References
- http://www.csanews.cz/en/news/news_tz_data/tz_27032007.htm
External links
- Czech Airlines
- Fleet
- Photos
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