The current difficulties facing CSAthe Czech national carrier, appears to be an excellent opportunity for the Lufthansa Group which has decided to open a new Eurowings base in Prague. It will be the company's tenth in Europe.
One man's misfortune is another man's gain... Czech national carrier CSA has been struggling with financial difficulties for many years.. And the Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated its difficulties. The company is now a shadow of its former self. All it has left is two aircraft in its fleet - an Airbus A319 and an A320. Its network covers a dozen cities, including Paris served by four weekly flights. However, on 7 June, a rehabilitation plan was approved by its creditors.. Further details will be announced later this summer.
In May, CSA resumed services from Prague to Copenhagen and from the beginning of June to Amsterdam and Odessa. Its parent company, the Smartwings group, on the other hand, offers a network of some forty destinations operated by the company of the same name.
Eurowings takes Prague by storm
This situation leaves Eurowings an opportunity to set up in a city with both leisure and business potential. Lufthansa's point-to-point subsidiary has announced that it will open a base on 31 October. Two Airbus A320s will be based there.
It has already announced that it will operate routes to AthensBarcelona, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Milan, Stockholm and Tel Aviv. The network will also include a number of leisure destinations such as the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. Eurowings management has also specified that a third aircraft to join Prague base in summer 2022.
In this context, Eurowings has decided to reopen its stopover in Prague. The carrier is once again serving the city withone to two daily frequencies to Düsseldorf. With connections to the rest of Europe.
