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Amsterdam
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Barcelona
Barcelona (Catalan , Spanish ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 4,200,000 on an area of , it is the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. About 5 million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also Europe's largest metropolis on the Mediterranean coast. The main part of a union of adjacent cities and municipalities named Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) with a population of 3,186,461 in an area of 636 km² (density 5.010 hab/km²). It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge ().
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Colombia
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Copenhagen
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Croatia
Croatia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska ), is a country in Central Europe and Southeastern Europe at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Adriatic Sea. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. Croatia borders Slovenia to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic ( ; , , short form Česko ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and of the European Union since 2004. The Czech Republic is also a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). As an OSCE participating State, the Czech Republic’s international commitments are subject to monitoring under the mandate of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. From 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2009, the Czech Republic held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport (), is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, 20.5 million passengers passed through the airport in 2009. Dublin Airport is the busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland, followed by Cork and Shannon. It is the busiest on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast, Cork and Shannon.
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Havana
Havana (, , officially Ciudad de La Habana,) is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, the largest city in Cuba and the largest in the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.
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Madrid
Madrid (Spanish , English ) is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million (as of December 2009); the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be nearly 6 million. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous in the European Union after Paris and London. The city spans a total of 698 km² (234 sq mi).
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Milan
Milan (, ; Western Lombard: Milan, ) is a city in Italy and the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1,310,000, while the urban area is the first in Italy and the fifth largest in the European Union with a population of 4,345,000 over an area of . The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 7,400,000.
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Montreal
Montreal (; pronounced in French, in English) is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the city is located, or Mont Réal as it was spelled in Middle French, (Mont Royal in present French).
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New York
New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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Prague
Prague (; , see also ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included: Praga mater urbium/Praha matka měst ("Prague – Mother of Cities") in Latin/Czech, Stověžatá Praha ("City of a Hundred Spires") in Czech and Zlaté město/Goldene Stadt ("Golden City") in Czech/German.
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Rome
Rome (; , ; ) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . In 2006 the population of the metropolitan area was estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to have a population of 3.7 million.
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Ruzyně
Ruzyně is a district of Prague city, part of Prague 6. It has been a part of Prague since 1960.
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Slovakia
The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia ; Slovak:, long form ) is a state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is a landlocked country bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is the capital, Bratislava, and the second largest is Košice. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, United Nations, OECD and WTO among others. The official language is Slovak, a member of the Slavic language family.
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Zagreb
Zagreb () is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is situated in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. In 2008, Zagreb's population was 804,200.
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Head office of Czech Airlines in Ruzyně, Prague Czech Airlines j.s.c. (Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.), trading as Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA), is the Czech national airline company with its head office on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague.

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Terminal North 1, Departure Hall, Pier A - Airbus A320 an Boeing B737 of CSA Czech Airlines in Prague Intl. Airport Ruzyně, Czechia.

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Czech Airlines

Airline	CSA Czech Airlines ČSA České aerolinie
Logo	Czech Airlines Logo.svg
Logo size	200
Iata	OK
Icao	CSA
Callsign	CSA-LINES
Parent	Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
Founded	1923
Headquarters	Ruzyně Airport Ruzyně, Prague, Czech Republic
Key people	Miroslav Dvořák (CEO)
Hubs	Prague Ruzyně Airport
Website	czechairlines.com

Czech Airlines j.s.c. (), trading as Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA), is the national airline of the Czech Republic, with its head office on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague. ČSA was the second airline in the world to initiate successful jet airliner services (in 1957 using the Tu-104) and the first airline to regularly fly jet-only routes. Today, it operates scheduled services to 69 destinations in 41 countries, including most major European cities and cities in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. It also operates charter and cargo services. 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. In 2009 it carried 5.5 million passengers. The company never paid dividends, after losing a record CZK 3.8 billion in 2009 the state had to subscribe new shares with nominal value CZK 2.5 billion.

History

of Czech Airlines at Paris Orly Airport in 1957]]

CSA was founded on 6 October 1923, by the Czechoslovak government as CSA Československé Státní Aerolinie (Czechoslovak State Airlines). 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.

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 Eastern 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 Ilyushin Il-14 was even updated and built under licence in Czechoslovakia as the Avia Av-14. in the airline's new colours]]

In 1950, CSA became the world's first victim of a triple hijacking. The three Czechoslovak airliners flown to the American air base in Erding, near Munich, stirred the world on both sides of the "burnt through" Iron Curtain and the case intensified the Cold war between East and West overnight. Three Douglas Dakota airliners landed in the morning of 24 March near Munich instead of at Prague. The first one, from Brno, at 08:20, the second one from Moravská Ostrava at 08:40 and the third one from Bratislava at 09:20. Two thirds of the people on board were involuntary passengers who later returned to Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak communist government commissioned a 'flight to freedom' book, stage play and film (all bearing the name "Kidnap to Erding") which celebrated the kidnapped returnees as heroes who had not allowed themselves to be swayed by promises of capitalist opulence. The non returnees who requested political asylum in the American zone of West Germany were, on the other hand, proclaimed criminals and the Prague regime vigorously requested their extradition – although in vain. The pilot from Brno was Josef Klesnil, a former Royal Air Force pilot with 311 squadron, who flew from Brno to Erding with a pistol at his head.

In 1957 CSA became the third of the world's airlines to fly jet services, taking delivery/putting in service the first Tupolev Tu-104A in 1957. CSA was the only airline other than Aeroflot to operate the Tu-104 which was the world's first successful jet airliner. Almost unknown is the fact that CSA was also the first airline anywhere to fly jet-only lines (other airlines used both jets and piston/turboprop aircraft simultaneously). The first transatlantic services started on 3 February 1962 with a flight to Havana,

Destinations

Czech Airlines operate 32 monopoly routes from Prague Airport, including two domestic routes to 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 7 major European routes (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Rome) the airline faces two or more competitors.

Codeshare agreements

Besides those with fellow SkyTeam member airlines, CSA codeshares with the following (as of April 2011): {| |- valign="top" |

Aerosvit Airlines

Air Malta

Azerbaijan Airlines [begins 26 June]

Belavia

Bulgaria Air

Central Connect Airlines

China Airlines (future SkyTeam member)

El Al

Finnair (Oneworld)

Iberia Airlines (Oneworld)

Luxair

Malév Hungarian Airlines (Oneworld)

Rossiya

Ural Airlines

Uzbekistan Airways

Fleet

at Ruzyně Airport, Czech Republic. (2010).]] landing at Salzburg Airport, Austria. (2007)]] landing at Zagreb Airport, Croatia. (2009)]] takes off from Ruzyně Airport, Czech Republic. (2006)]] landing at Ruzyně Airport, Czech Republic. (2009)]]

The Czech Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 17 May 2011):

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse" |+ CSA Czech Airlines Fleet |- bgcolor=skyblue ! rowspan="2" style="width:110px;" | Aircraft ! rowspan="2" style="width: 40px;" | Total ! rowspan="2" style="width: 40px;" | Orders ! colspan="3" class="unsortable" | Passengers ! rowspan="2" style="width:230px;" | Notes |- bgcolor=skyblue ! style="width:25px;" | C ! style="width:25px;" | Y ! style="width:25px;" | Total |- |Airbus A319-100 |9 |6 |14 |114 |128 | |- |Airbus A320-200 |8 |— |812 |150144 |158156 | |- |Airbus A321-200 |2 |— |52 |154 |206 |Leased |- |ATR 42-500 |7 |— |0 |46 |46 |Leased from Air ContractorsOK-JFL painted in SkyTeam livery |- |ATR 72-202 |4 |— |0 |64 |64 |To be phased out - 2011 fleet reduction |- |Boeing 737-500 |8 |— |12 |90 |102 | |- |}

¹Different numbers given by Seatguru and Seatmaestro, although there is no official data on airline's website.

At February 2011, the average age of the Czech Airlines fleet is 10.1 years.

In-flight services

Czech Airlines offers buy on board service on some flights in addition to free service.

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, San Andres and Providencia island in Colombia, La Romana in the Dominican Republic, as well as to destinations in Egypt, El Salvador, Tunisia and Greece.

In May 2010, CSA withdrew their last Airbus A310 and Exim Tours signed a new contract with Travel Service Airlines from winter 2010/2011.

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. These are operated on an ad-hoc basis mostly

Czech Airlines operate chartered flight from Dublin on behalf of a number of Irish tour operators. An Airbus 321 is based in Dublin between May – October and December – April.

Head office

, Ruzyně, Prague]] Czech Airlines has its head office, the APC Building, on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague. On 30 December 2009 CSA announced that it will sell its head office to the airport for CZK 607 million.

References

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External links

Category:Airlines of the Czech Republic Category:IATA members Category:Airlines established in 1923 Category:Companies of Czechoslovakia Category:Association of European Airlines members Category:Airlines of defunct states Category:Government-owned airlines

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