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SmartWings
File:Smart Wings logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
QS[1] TVS[1] SKYTRAVEL[2]
Founded2004
Operating basesVáclav Havel Airport Prague
Fleet size18
Destinations27
Parent companyTravel Service
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Websitesmartwings.com

SmartWings is a low-cost brand of the Czech airline Travel Service.[3] Travel Service operates scheduled flights to several European metropolitan and leisure destinations under the brand from its base at Václav Havel Airport Prague.[4]

History

The brand was established in 2004 by Travel Service, which specialized in leisure charter flights back then, to offer low-cost scheduled flights. For example, after the bankruptcy of SkyEurope, the company started scheduled services to Paris and Rome.

Destinations

Fleet

A SmartWings branded Boeing 737-800 operated by Travel Service

As of July 2016, the SmartWings fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

SmartWings Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-700 2 148[citation needed]
Boeing 737-800 16 189
Total 18

References

  1. ^ a b ch-aviation.com - Smartwings
  2. ^ airlinecodes.co.uk - IATA Airline Designators beginning with Q retrieved 9 January 2016
  3. ^ "About SmartWings". smartwings.com. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Contact." Smart Wings. Retrieved on 19 February 2012. "Office at Prague airport K letisti 1068/30 160 08 Praha 6 Czech Republic"
  5. ^ "SmartWings Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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