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Czech Airlines

CSA Czech Airlines
ČSA České aerolinie
Czech Airlines Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
OK CSA CSA
Founded 6 October 1923
Hubs Václav Havel Airport Prague
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program OK Plus
Alliance SkyTeam
Fleet size 17
Destinations 43
Company slogan At home in the skies
Headquarters Vokovice, Prague, Czech Republic
Revenue Decrease CZK 9.5 bn (2014)
Operating income Increase CZK (0.6) bn (2014)
Total assets Decrease CZK 2.2 bn (2014)
Total equity Decrease CZK (0.3) bn (2014)
Employees Decrease 628 (2015)
Website www.czechairlines.com

Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.) is the national airline of the Czech Republic. Its head office on the grounds of 6th district Prague, Vokovice. The airline's hub is at Václav Havel Airport Prague, it have other bases in Czech city Karlovy Vary and Slovakian cities Bratislava and Košice. Today, it operates scheduled, 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, and is the prefix for the Czech Republic on aircraft registrations. It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.

Czech Airlines have three main shareholders, Korean Air (44 %), Travel Service (34 %) and a Czech state company Prisko (20 %).Czech Airlines Technics is responsible for aircraft maintenance and Czech Airlines Handling is responsible for passenger and aircraft handling.

ČSA is the fifth oldest still operating airline in the world, older are only Dutch KLM (1919), Colombian Avianca (1919), Australian Qantas (1920) and Soviet/Russian Aeroflot (1923). It is also the second airline to initiate successful jet airliner services (in 1957 using the Tu-104) and simultaneously the first airline in the world to fly regular jet-only routes (between Prague and Moscow).


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