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Czech Airlines

Czech holding company, former airline
Organization airline Q192653
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Summary

Czech Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,963 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Czech Republic[3]
  • Instance of: business[4], enterprise[5]
  • Founder: National Property Fund[6]
  • Airline hub: Václav Havel Airport Prague[7]
  • Item operated: Airbus A330-300[8], ATR 72-500[9], Saab 2000[10], Airbus A319-112[11], Czech Airlines aircraft fleet[12], Ilyushin Il-12[13], Tupolev Tu-104[14], Aero A.14 Brandenburg[15], ATR 42-300[16], ATR 42-400[17], Boeing 737-400[18], Bristol Britannia[19], Douglas DC-3[20], D.H.50[21]
  • Owned by: Prague City Air[22], Smartwings[23]
  • Headquarters location: Prague[24]
  • Chief executive officer: Petr Kudela[25]
  • IATA airline designator: OK[26]
  • ICAO airline designator: CSA[27]
  • Commons category: Czech Airlines[28]
  • Industry: passenger air transport[29], air transport[30]
  • Country of origin: Czechoslovakia[31]
  • Inception: October 6, 1923[32], August 1, 1992[33]
  • Location of formation: Prague[34]
  • Significant event: Jihlava air disaster[35], debt moratorium[36], bankruptcy[37], ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)[38], ČSA Flight 511[39], ČSA Flight 523[40], ČSA Flight 540[41], ČSA Flight 001[42]
  • Official website: https://www.csa.cz/[43], http://www.czechairlines.com[44], https://www.csa.cz/en/[45], https://www.csa.cz/de/[46], https://www.csa.cz/es/[47], https://www.csa.cz/fr/[48], https://www.csa.cz/it/[49], https://www.csa.cz/pl/[50], https://www.csa.cz/uk/[51]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Czech Airlines[52]
  • Commons gallery: Czech Airlines[53]
  • Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/cesk%C3%A9-aerolinie-a-s-history/[54]

Why It Matters

Czech Airlines has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

business Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Smartwings

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . or.justice.cz. or.justice.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . annual report. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . annual report. or.justice.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Jklamo · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Net profit → {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '+223427000'}, {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '-631324000'}, {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '+241382000'} +9
    Employees → {'amount': '+628'}, {'amount': '+823'}, {'amount': '+649'} +10
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Owned by: Prague City Air"
  2. 15d ago · Jklamo · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '+8057118000'}, {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '+9532299000'}, {'unit': 'Q131016', 'amount': '+7975248000'} +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Total revenue: 8,153,000,000 Czech koruna, +revenue 1996 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/db8b64c66af|details]])"
  3. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9FEC-42C7-98E8-2A76-93BE
    Board member → Petr Kudela, Jozef Sinčák, Richard Salzmann +8
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 9FEC-42C7-98E8-2A76-93BE, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 11w ago · Jklamo · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Board member → Petr Kudela, Jozef Sinčák, Richard Salzmann +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Board member: Jozef Sinčák"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 393547
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 393547, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  6. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Airline hub → Václav Havel Airport Prague
    Parent org → —
    Employees → —
    Ceo → —
    + 51 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0211547-ceske-aerolinie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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