Czech Airlines is planning to launch six new scheduled routes, as well as five new charter ones. Hence, after some time, the Czech Airlines network will again grow. The first new route will be the connection between Prague and Bordeaux, France, with a touch-down in Munich, to be introduced in early March. Furthermore, the Airline is planning direct flights to Damascus, in Syria; Heraclion, in Crete; Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan; Rostov-on-Don in Russia, and Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. In charter carriage, El Salvador and another four flights to the former Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece will be added.
“After two years of restructuring, Czech Airlines has got itself into good enough shape to be able to afford such a financially demanding step as the opening of routes to new destinations. In 2008, we are planning to open up six schedule flights,” said Vice-President for Marketing and Product Development Petr Pištìlák.
Starting next year, Czech Airlines is also implementing a new mode of operation to North America. Flights to the United States will continue to be operated as this year – with a daily service to JFK Airport in New York; also, their code-share cooperation with Delta Air Lines on the flight from Prague to Atlanta will continue. Their flights to Canada will be adapted to the vast majority of passengers, whose demand is concentrated on summer months.
Charter operations in winter have intensified significantly, as El Salvador and another four flights to the former Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece will be added to the already traditional flights to the Caribbean island of Isla Margarita; Varadero, Cuba; and the Dominican Republic.
When opening up new destinations in 2008, Czech Airlines has for the first time in history used market data on aviation and passenger demand in Europe,” noted Petr Pištìlák. “Hence, the risk of failure has been minimised with the soon to be opened routes,” he added.
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