June 2010

SkyTeam SUMMER PARTY

On 10^th June, a ceremonial event at the occasion of celebrating the SkyTeam alliance’s tenth anniversary took place at the “Smíchov Beach“ located on the shore of the Vltava river in the Prague’s city centre. The summer party for business partners, mainly from IATA accredited agencies, non-IATA agents and tour operators, was organized by the SkyTeam member airlines represented on the Czech market (Aeroflot, Alitalia, Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines, Czech Airlines and Korean Air) and supported by Prague Airport. In the course of this enjoyable summer evening, guests had the opportunity to win attractive prizes in a knowledge contest about the SkyTeam and by taking part in simple sport activities. The event was crowned by a spectacular firework in blue and white – corporate colours of the SkyTeam alliance.

SPECIAL OFFERS FOR FOOD AND DINING AT PRAGUE AIRPORT

Passengers and airport visitors are now able to enjoy new special offers and deals in selected restaurants and bars at Prague Airport. A new booklet, containing 36 vouchers with offers of special bonuses and discounts of up to 50% on food and beverages, is freely distributed around the airport terminals. The discount coupons are valid until 31st August 2010 and only apply to the listed products of the specific establishments. This latest promotion is a part of the Prague Airport’s campaign introducing options of bargain shopping, dining and entertainment facilities.

SLOT COORDINATION CZECH REPUBLIC H24 SERVICE

On 31^st May, the Slot Coordination Czech Republic introduced a new auxiliary workstation that is able to provide ad-hoc coordination of “last minute” slot requests during night times. The slot coordination services at Prague Ruzyne Airport are thus available on a 24-hour basis. The allocation of slots in the night time (from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.) is provided by the Prague Airport’s workstation Datamanagement, tel.: +420 220 116 039. Contact details for sending slot requests remain unchanged (SITA: PRGSP7X, e-mail: slot.coord@prg.aero). The new workstation will only accept formally correct requests in the form of SCR or GCR. For more information, please visit www.slot-czech.cz.

NEW MOTORWAY TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY OF PRAGUE AIRPORT

From 20^th September, the accessibility of Prague Airport will be significantly improved by opening of the new south-west part of the Prague ring road. This section of the ring road will link the existing by-pass between Prague Airport and the D5 motorway with the D1 motorway, thus enabling a fast and efficient connection for transportation from the eastern parts of the Czech Republic to Prague Airport. All of this traffic will be able to use the new section of the Prague ring road instead of going slowly through the centre of Prague. The ongoing extension of the national road network helps Prague Airport to further develop its catchment area, already exceeding 8 million people within a two hours radius.

BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN BERGAMO AIRPORT AND MILAN CITY

Passengers travelling from Prague to Milan have now easier access from Bergamo Airport to the heart of Milan. Thanks to the shuttle coach service via the recently enlarged four lanes motorway, passengers can get to the Milan Central Railway Station from Bergamo Airport in just 45 minutes. 77 daily frequencies each way (every 15 minutes) allow passengers to reach Milan City Centre quickly and comfortably as well as to return back to the Departure Terminal of Milan Bergamo Airport. Bergamo Airport is currently served from Prague by four weekly flights operated by Wizz Air.

“CZECH FASHION LIVE 2010” EXHIBITION

Prague Airport in cooperation with the civic association Czech Fashion prepared an appealing exhibition that will allow us to present the works of the young generation of Czech fashion designers. This new exhibition project intends to support promising designers in promotion of their work to the general public. The “Czech Fashion Live 2010” exhibition, introducing the best of the contemporary Czech fashion design, will be on display in the Departure Hall of Prague Airport’s Terminal 2 from 21^st July till 21^st October 2010.

LAUNCH OF FLIGHTS BETWEEN PRAGUE AND KRASNODAR

On 1st June 2010, Prague Airport saw the first landing of the new scheduled flight of the Russian carrier Yakutia Airlines from Krasnodar. The new direct service is operated once a week, on Thursdays, by a Boeing 737-700 aircraft type with a capacity of 126 seats. By adding Krasnodar in Prague Airport’s route network, the number of destinations in the Russian Federation with a direct scheduled connection from Prague increased to the total of ten, thus confirming the ever growing popularity of Prague and the Czech Republic in the Russian market. Find additional information about Krasnodar-Prague route at www.yakutia.aero.

After a remarkable drop in April’s traffic results caused by the airspace closure in most of Europe due to the volcanic eruption, May reported a rebound in passenger demand, although at a slower pace than in the first quarter of 2010. With 1,006,893 passengers, the volume of passengers handled at Prague Airport increased by 1.9% year-on-year. The total number of aircraft movements amounted to 13,934, representing a decrease by 2.6%. Cargo tonnage reached a robust growth by 51.7% over the same month of the previous year.

The increase in passenger numbers was mainly driven by full service carriers that experienced a growth by 4.5%, whereas the low cost segment was down by 2.5% and charter traffic declined by 6.5%. Volume of passengers transferring at Prague Airport saw a favourable increase by 7.3% compared with the same period a year ago.

The highest number of passengers travelled in May 2010 on routes between Prague and the UK, followed by Germany and France. Markets with the most impressive year-on-year growth were Denmark (+25.1%), Russia (+22.9%) and Sweden (+20.5%). Paris/Charles de Gaulle remained the most frequented route before Moscow/Sheremetyevo and Frankfurt. With 33.0% more passengers, Paris/Charles de Gaulle route also experienced the most significant improvement in this month.