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Summary of Czech Airlines…

Czech Airlines (abbreviation: CSA, Czech: Ceské aerolinie, a.s.) is a brand name of schedule flights for Smartwings airlines. It was the flag carrier of the Czech Republic. Its head office was located in the Vokovice area of Prague's 6th district and its hub was Václav Havel Airport Prague.

CSA was the fifth oldest airline in the world, after Dutch KLM (1919), Colombian Avianca (1919), Australian Qantas (1920), and Soviet/Russian Aeroflot (1923). It was the first airline in the world to fly regular jet-only routes (between Prague and Moscow). The airline ran a frequent flyer programme called "OK Plus" about the airline's International Air Transport Association designation, as well as the term of approval; OK also featured prominently in its previous livery, and was the prefix of Czech aircraft registrations. It was a member of the SkyTeam alliance.

When, in 2018, 97.74% of Czech Airlines was bought by the privately owned Smartwings, CSA became a part of the Smartwings Group. The remaining 2.26% of CSA was owned by insurance company Ceská Pojištovna. CSA filed for bankruptcy in March 2021 and went through an extensive business restructuring, exiting in June 2022. As of 2022, CSA was under a new ownership structure with a new parent company called Prague City Air s.r.o. owning 70% of the company, with Smartwings retaining the remaining 30%.

Czech Airlines ended flight operations on 26 October 2024, handing them over to Smartwings while being repurposed into a holding company. The last scheduled flight of Czech Airlines was flight OK767 from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, operated by an Airbus A320-214 registered OK-IOO. Following the flight's departure, "Featured flight alert" notifications were sent out to users of the ADS-B flight tracker Flightradar24 application for flight OK767, the last flight of Czech Airlines. The CSA brand will continue to exist, operating through the Smartwings AOC.

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Airlines

Aircraft in real life…

OK-YBA was the only Airbus A330-300 in CSA’s fleet. It’s pretty well known, being one of the most influential wide bodies of CSA’s modern history.

The A330-300 was built in October of 2001, currently has been in service for 23.2 years, and was built and tested in Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS/LFBO) with the test registration: F-WWYE.

The aircraft had currently been in service with:

• Korean Air, from October 2001 to May 2013, with registration HL7701
• Czech Airlines (Leased from Korean Air) from May 2013 to February 2020 with registration OK-YBA
• Korean Air, Since January 2021 with registration HL7701.

It still flies with Korean Air today.

OK-YBA, taking off and banking to starboard at Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE).

OK-YBA, with the 90th Anniversary Livery, coming in to land at Prague Airport (PRG/LKPR).

OK-YBA, taking off from Almaty Int’l Airport (ALA/UAAA).

OK-YBA, while in nighttime, at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Int’l Airport (TLV/LLBG).

OK-YBA, with its current operator with Korean Air as HL7701, as seen at Seoul Incheon Int’l Airport (INC/RKSI).

Other information…

Rest in peace to CSA. 101 years of service. You will be missed dearly.
Also, I’m pretty sure this is my first wide body livery I uploaded onto the site.

That’s all! Bavte se!

(Have fun! in Czech.)