Private company

Central Connect Airlines

Logo: Central Connect Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Airline based in Ostrava, Czech Republic

Central Connect Airlines was an airline based in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It operated leasing and charter services. Its main base was Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava.2 It is part of Czechoslovak Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1, 1993Founded1
  • HeadquartersOstrava1
  • Websitewww.flycca.cz
  • Legal formspolečnost s ručením omezeným1
Saab 340B, Central Connect Airlines - CCA AN1618169
Photo: Alan Lebeda, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Central Connect Airlines was an airline based in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It operated leasing and charter services. Its main base was Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava.2

Corporate structure

Central Connect Airlines is part of a group headed by Czechoslovak Group. 73 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Czechoslovak Group Praha 8, Czechia
    • CSG Aerospace 100% · Praha, Czechia
    • European Air Services 97% · Praha, Czechia
    • CSG Land Systems CZ 89.9% · Praha, Czechia
    • Excalibur Army 89% · Praha 10, Czechia
    • MSM Group 81% · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • MSM EXPORT, s.r.o. Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • MSM Martin, s.r.o. Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • MSM Services, s.r.o. Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • Virte, a. s. Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • ZVS holding, a.s. Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
      • ZVS IMPEX, akciova spolocnost (ZVS IMPEX, akciová spoločnosť) Subsidiary · Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
    • Tatra 65% · Kopřivnice, Czechia
      • TATRA EXPORT Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
      • TATRA METALURGIE a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Kopřivnice, Czechia
    • Central Connect Airlines 40.15% · Ostrava
    • Avia Subsidiary · 100% · Prague
    • ELDIS Pardubice Subsidiary · 100% · Pardubice, Czechia
    • Federal Cartridge Subsidiary · 100% · Anoka
    • Tatra Defence Vehicle Subsidiary · 100% · Kopřivnice, Czechia
    • Vyvoj Martin (Slovakia) Subsidiary · 81% · Martin, Slovakia
    • Fábrica de Municiones de Granada Subsidiary · 80.2%
    • CS Soft Subsidiary · 80% · Prague 6, Czechia
    • ELTON hodinářská Subsidiary · 73.16% · Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic
    • DAKO-CZ Subsidiary · 51% · Třemošnice, Czechia
      • Vagonka Louny a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Louny, Czechia
    • Fiocchi Munizioni Subsidiary · Lecco, Italy
    • IMK 14. oktobar Kruševac Subsidiary · Kruševac
    • RETIA Subsidiary · Pardubice, Czechia
      • ReDat Recording, a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Pardubice V, Zelené Předměstí, Czechia
    • Vítkovická doprava Subsidiary · Ostrava, Czechia
    • ZVI Stake · 45.39% · Praha 5, Czechia
    • AVIA Motors s.r.o. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha, Czechia
    • CSG CAPITAL a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha, Czechia
    • CSG Defence Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
    • CSG DEFENCE a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha, Czechia
    • and 36 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The airline was established in 2005, was wholly owned by the Central Connect Group (via Job Air subsidiary) and had 110 employees as of December 2008. The airline flew routes from Prague to Berlin, Stuttgart, Hanover, Ljubljana, Kraków and Zagreb on behalf of Czech Airlines.

In February 2012 the airline retired their last operational Saab 340F. At the end of March the above mentioned routes were taken over by Czech Airlines. Because of financial difficulties on the following 18 June Central Connect Airlines ceased operations but there were plans to reorganize the company.

As of December 2013 the air carrier operated leasing and charter services but did not resume the routes for Czech Airlines. In June 2014 it was announced that Central Connect Airlines would cease all remaining operations on the 30th.

From Wikipedia’s article on Central Connect Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Operated for Air100

Finland

Helsinki – Helsinki Airport (ended 30 June 2014)

Pori – Pori Airport (ended 30 June 2014)

Operated in partnership with Czech Airlines

Central Connect Airlines served the following destinations as of 24 February 2012:

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Czech Republic

Ostrava – Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava base (ceased 18 June 2012)

Prague – Prague Ruzyně Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Germany

Berlin – Berlin Tegel Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Hannover Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Stuttgart Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Slovenia

Ljubljana – Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Poland

Kraków – John Paul II International Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Poznań – Poznań-Ławica Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Croatia

Zagreb – Zagreb Airport (ceased 18 June 2012)

Fleet

The Central Connect Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of 1 December 2013):

2 Saab 340B

From Wikipedia’s article on Central Connect Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 1993Founded Founded1