Category: Czech Republic travel news
Czech Republic travel & tourism news for travelers and travel professionals. Latest travel and tourism news on Czech Republic. Latest news on safety, hotels, resorts, attractions, tours and transportation in Czech Republic. Prague Travel information.
Prague Airport handled nearly 3.7 million passengers in 2020
Harry S. Johnson- January 20, 2021 18:37Václav Havel Airport Prague is ready for 2021 traffic enhancement Read More
CzechTourism announces new ‘Stories of Resilience’ content series
Harry S. Johnson- December 17, 2020 15:57Today, CzechTourism, the official tourism board of the Czech Republic, announced and released their new content series in North America titled: Stories of Resilience. This video series portrays local owners ... Read More
Prague Airport receives ACI Airport Health Accreditation
Harry S. Johnson- November 25, 2020 19:14Last spring, in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, Prague Airport began to implement a number of measures aimed at protecting the health of both passengers and airport employees. The correct steps ... Read More
Prague Airport CEO elected Board Member of Airports Council International
Harry S. Johnson- November 20, 2020 15:43Chief Executive Officer of Prague Airport, Vaclav Rehor, was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe), a worldwide airport association. During ... Read More
Czech Airlines Technics expands aircraft service range
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020 09:39Considering the current situation across the aviation industry, Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT) has decided to join forces with FlyTech Aviation Services and expand the range of aircraft maintenance and parking ... Read More
Czech Airlines resumes flights to Moscow, Russia
Harry S. Johnson- September 25, 2020 12:03The flag carrier of the Czech Republic, Czech Airlines, announced that it will resume flights between Czech Republic and Russian Federation on October 4, on the Prague - Moscow - ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority Jacob Kiplimo Bags Gold
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 12, 2020 19:57Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) cheered on as its own Jacob Kiplimo won the 5000-meter International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) 2020 Ostrava Golden Spike World Athletics meet in the Czech Republic. ... Read More
China issues travel advisory for Czech Republic over COVID-19 spike
Harry S. Johnson- September 12, 2020 00:03The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday issued a notice advising Chinese citizens to avoid tours to the Czech Republic due to the impact of COVID-19. The ministry ... Read More
Czech Airlines Technics signs agreement with Finnair
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020 15:34Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), an MRO provider, has signed a new Base Maintenance Agreement with Finnair, one of CSAT’s major customers within this division. The long-term co-operation contract was entered ... Read More
3 people killed, dozens wounded in Czech passenger train collision
Chief Assignment Editor- July 7, 2020 19:33Czech authorities said that two passenger trains collided in west Czech Republic, killing three people and injuring dozens. "Two passenger trains collided head-to-head near the village of Pernink, preliminary reports ... Read More
Prague Airport resumed routes to 55 destinations
Harry S. Johnson- June 15, 2020 15:46A total of 17 airlines have already announced their intention to resume direct flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague. Specifically, 55 destinations have been listed, ten of which are already ... Read More
Tourism slowly returns to Czech Republic
Harry S. Johnson- June 5, 2020 18:43There are good news and bad news, so let’s get the restrictions out of the way first. For the moment (but not forever!), Czech borders remain closed for countries with ... Read More
Czech Republic drops Germany, Hungary & Austria travel bans
Harry S. Johnson- June 4, 2020 15:42Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced today that after re-opening of the border with Slovakia yesterday, Czech Republic will end travel restrictions for Germany, Hungary and Austria tomorrow. The minister ... Read More
Václav Havel Prague Airport: 44 special flights with medical supplies in a month
Chief Assignment Editor- April 22, 2020 15:38Václav Havel Prague Airport remains open for all arrivals and departures. Thanks to this fact, a total of 44 special cargo flights with medical supplies were able to land there since ... Read More
Stranded in Vietnam: Bamboo Airways gets Europeans home
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 25, 2020 05:21In cooperation with the Czech Embassy in Vietnam, on 25 March, Bamboo Airways operates a humanitarian charter flight from Hanoi to Prague - the capital city of the Czech Republic ... Read More
Czech Republic bans foreign visitors from entering the country
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2020 17:01The government of Czech Republic has imposed a ban on foreign visitors entering the country and Czech citizens traveling abroad starting Monday, as it attempts to contain the coronavirus epidemic, ... Read More
Prague Airport launches high-resolution live runway stream
Chief Assignment Editor- February 24, 2020 16:40Watching what happens at Prague Airport live has never been easier. A unique project has recently been launched: a new live stream from a high-resolution web camera that captures what ... Read More
Four Seasons Hotel Prague announces new General Manager
Chief Assignment Editor- February 21, 2020 15:10Four Seasons Hotel Prague announces the appointment of Martin Dell as the new General Manager.This new role follows his most recent position as Resort Manager at Four Seasons Resort Maui, ... Read More
Václav Havel Airport Prague announces changes of check-in procedure
Chief Assignment Editor- February 19, 2020 15:20Prague Airport continues to implement projects designed to facilitate the airport’s modernization and capacity increases, such as the reconstruction of the baggage sorting area in Terminal 1, which will partially ... Read More
Overtourism not coronavirus: AIRBNB worry in Europe
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 16, 2020 07:19At the same time, tourism leaders everywhere in the world have sleepless nights over coronavirus to stop tourism in their region, Prague, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Krakow, Munich, Paris, ... Read More
Portuguese artist Santiago Ribeiro exhibits in the Czech Republic
Syndicated Content Editor- February 15, 2020 02:18Coimbra artist Santiago Ribeiro participates in the exhibition * Arts Week in the Czech Republic * from 14 to 20 February 2020 taking place in the former Dominican monastery in ... Read More
17.8 million airline passengers traveled through Prague Airport in 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- January 16, 2020 19:03Based on the latest operating results, Prague Airport handled a total of 17,804,900 passengers in 2019. That means that approximately one million more passengers passed through the airport than in ... Read More
Václav Havel Airport Prague: Over 17 million airlines passengers in 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- December 16, 2019 18:07For the fourth time in a row, a historic record was set at Václav Havel Airport Prague on Friday, 13 December 2019. The number of handled passengers a year reached ... Read More
Prague Airport names British Airways the QUIETEST AIRLINE
Chief Assignment Editor- December 3, 2019 19:36For the second time in a row, the UK’s largest international airline, British Airways (BA), has won the 2019 QUIETEST AIRLINE contest organised by Prague Airport in co-operation with the ... Read More
Czech Airlines Technics enters into maintenance agreement with Austrian Airlines
Chief Assignment Editor- November 21, 2019 16:45Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a subsidiary of Prague Airport and provider of aircraft repair and maintenance services, has entered into a Base Maintenance Agreement with Austrian Airlines. Under the contract, ... Read More
Czech Airlines orders 4 Airbus A220 jets, upsizes 3 A320neo to A321XLR
Chief Assignment Editor- October 23, 2019 16:45Czech Airlines has ordered four Airbus A220-300 aircraft and opted for additional range by upsizing a previous order for three A320neo to A321XLR. The two fuel-efficient aircraft types will complement ... Read More
Václav Havel Airport Prague: 121 destinations in 46 countries this winter
Chief Assignment Editor- October 22, 2019 14:50Václav Havel Airport Prague announced that as of Sunday, 27 October 2019, the winter flight schedule becomes effective. It will provide direct flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to 121 ... Read More
Prague Airport opens AeroRooms Hotel behind passport control
Chief Assignment Editor- September 16, 2019 19:40Prague Airport has opened AeroRooms Hotel, which offers a total of fourteen rooms accessible from both the public and non-public area behind the passport control. Hotel´s premises are designed for ... Read More
Czech tourists stay in cheap hotels in Croatia
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 2, 2019 05:30Czech tourists in Croatia are seen as cheap and a discriminatory campaign was started against tourists visiting Croatia from the Czech Republic, both fellow EU countries. Nearly one million of ... Read More
Prague Airport introducing digital signage in Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and English
Chief Assignment Editor- August 12, 2019 15:15Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and naturally Czech and English. Digital signage, which was launched for passengers at Prague Airport and is located at the entrance to pier B in Terminal ... Read More
American Airlines 2020 international expansion plans released
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 8, 2019 08:47American Airlines is opening new international aviation route to Europe, Israel and Morocco in 2020. Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN) begins June 4 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Tel Aviv, ... Read More
Russia and Czech Republic agree to resume passenger air service between two countries
Chief Assignment Editor- July 5, 2019 02:30Russia’s Transport Ministry suggested that the final agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic on the flights parameters should be postponed to September. "The Russian side has ... Read More
Prague Airport selects future operator of duty free shops
Chief Assignment Editor- June 25, 2019 15:42The winner of the concession procedure for the operator of duty free shops at Václav Havel Airport Prague is Lagardére Travel Retail. It will acquire a contract to lease 24 ... Read More
Prague breaks meetings record: Top-ranked MICE destination
editor- May 15, 2019 00:00Prague hosted a record number of conferences and congresses in 2018. Over 4,500 events took place in its collective accommodation establishments last year – that is more than a third of ... Read More
Václav Havel Airport Prague: Here comes summer
editor- March 30, 2019 02:35Spring may have just officially sprung on March 20, but in Prague, summer is starting in just 2 days, and tourists are ready to travel. On Sunday, March 31, 2019, ... Read More
Czech Airlines Technics welcomes new Board of Directors member
Chief Assignment Editor- February 7, 2019 21:05Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of Prague Airport, which provides aircraft repair and maintenance services, has appointed a new member to its Board of Directors. Effective Monday, 21 ... Read More