From Ostrava to the sea? With Smartwings up to seven times more expensive than from Katowice

This is shown by a simple comparison of ticket prices from Ostrava and Katowice to Burgas in Bulgaria or to Crete to Heraklion. While the ticket with Smartwings from Mosnov Airport in Crete costs CZK 8,154, the Polish state carrier LOT offers a direct flight from Katowice to Heraklion for CZK 1,194. There are similar … Read more

Smartwings have announced mass layoffs. 600 people will lose their jobs

The redundancies will affect the pilots, flight crew and operational and administrative staff of the company’s non-air operations. “We have the most difficult period ahead of us. To save society, we must take painful but inevitable measures. The air transport industry is facing the biggest crisis in the history of aviation and it is our … Read more

Reducing VAT on food would benefit the chains, says Schiller. It also does not want guarantees for Smartwings – ČT24 – Czech Television

Countries in Europe are introducing various measures to restart consumption, such as Germany reducing the VAT rate on food. According to the Minister of Finance, however, this would have no effect on the price in shops in the Czech Republic. “I am fundamentally against reducing VAT on food, because if we reduced it, if I … Read more

Schiller opposes the state guarantee for Smartwings. It’s not even on the table, she said

Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (for YES) is against the provision of a state guarantee to the Smartwings aviation group, to which CSA also belongs. The government did not discuss anything similar and at present there is no such proposal on the table, Schillerová said in today’s program Otázky Václava Moravec on Czech Television. Minister … Read more