Travel Service Airlines

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Travel Service Airlines
TravelService.JPG
IATA
QS
ICAO
TVS
Callsign
SKYTRAVEL
Founded 1997[citation needed]
Bases Prague-Ruzyně Airport
Focus cities Brno, Ostrava, Karlovy Vary, Pardubice
Subsidiaries Smart Wings
Fleet size 18 (+3 orders)
Destinations 46
Parent company Icelandair Group (66%)
Headquarters Czech Republic
Key people Sigthor Einarsson
Roman Vik
Website www.travelservice.aero

Travel Service Airlines (incorporated as Travel Service, a.s.[1]) is an airline based in the Czech Republic, a subsidiary of Icelandair Group. It has a Budapest-based subsidiary Travel Service Kft. Its low cost short-haul scheduled flights are operated under brand SmartWings.

On 18 September 2007 Icelandair Group acquired 50% stake in the carrier and purchased further shares in 2008.[2][3]

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[edit] History

In 2007, the company carried 2,2 million passengers.[2] in 2008, carried 2,3 million passengers

A Travel Service Boeing 737-800 departs Brno-Tuřany Airport, Czech Republic. (2009)
Selected financial results of Travel Service, a.s.
million CZK 2005 2006 2007
Operating revenues 4,391 4,844 5,818
Operating profit 40 73 205
Net profit after tax (25) 15 156
Assets 1,074 1,205 1,564
Equity 70 62 237
Liabilities 1,004 1,143 1,327

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Fleet

A Travel Service Boeing 737-800. (2009)

The Travel Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2009): [4]

Travel Service fleet
Aircraft In
service
Orders Options Notes
Airbus A320-200 2 0 0 Operated by SmartLynx Airlines
Boeing 737-800 11 2 0 1 operated by Sunwing Airlines
1 operating for Indochina Airlines
Boeing 767-300ER 1 0 0
Boeing 787-8 0 1 1
Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign 2 0 0 One leased from Unimex Group
Total 18 3 1

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČO) 256 63 135
  2. ^ a b Annual Report of Travel Service 2007
  3. ^ "Icelandair Group to buy Czech airline Travel Service." Associated Press. 14 May 2007.
  4. ^ Travel Service Airlines Fleet