An Airbus 320-211 (YL-LCE) of the Latvian SmarLynx Airlines arrived from Riga to Prague this morning, to support Travel Service summer flights. The airplane is in operation since 1992 and is well known in the Czech Republic, with a record of helping Travel Service in
2009, 2010 and 2013. Its first QS flight, to Rome, is scheduled for tomorrow. The long-term partnership of SmartLynx and Travel Service results in leasing A320s every summer (2 planes planned for this season). A fleet of 39 aircraft is planned for this season at Travel Service (28 B737-800s, 2 B737-700s and 9 A320s). Most of them is scheduled to fly from Prague - 14 company B737-800s, 2 B737-700s and 1 A320 of CSA (OK-LEG); Bratislava expects 5 planes - 2 B737-800s and 3 A320s of CSA (OK-LEF, -LEE, -MEI); Warsaw 5 as well - 4 company B737-800s and 1 of Sunwing Airlines (
C-FYLC). 3 B737-800s will be prepared for combined flights from Paris and Canary Islands; 2 A320s (OK-HCB and OM-HCA Travel Service Slovakia) will be based in Brno and a single airplane will stay in Ostrava (a SmartLynx A320 - YL-LCE), Budapest (a SmartLynx A320 -
YL-LCD), London Gatwick (B737-800 -
C-FTDW Sunwing), Poznan (a Hermes Airlines A320 - SX-BHV) and Zurich (a company B737-800). A long-term lease of OK-TVU and
OK-TVV to Oman Air will continue all the time. The expected bases and numbers can change based on the current market situation.
