Private company

Czech Airlines

Czech airline holding company

Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.) is a Czech airline brand and holding company. Established in 1923, it was part of the privately owned Smartwings Group since 2017.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Aug 1, 1992Founded1
  • Industryair transport, passenger air transport1
  • HeadquartersPrague1
  • Founded inPrague1
  • Websitewww.csa.cz
  • Legal formakciová společnost1

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The story

Founded by National Property Fund on Aug 1, 1992, in Prague.1

Leadership

Who has led Czech Airlines, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Miroslav Kůla1999–2003
  2. Jaroslav Tvrdík2004–2006
  3. Radomír Lašák2006–2009
  4. Miroslav Dvořák2009–2011
  5. Philippe Moreels2011–2014
  6. Jozef Sinčák2014–2018
  7. Petr Kudela2018–now
1995200020052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (11)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Pegasus Europe 70% since 2026
  • Smartwings 30% since Apr 2022

Also owns

  • Smartwings 100% since Oct 2024

Former owners and parents

  • Smartwings 97.7% Feb 27, 2018 to Apr 2022
  • Prague City Air 70% Apr 2022 to 2026
  • Prisko 19.7% 2016 to Feb 27, 2018
  • Český Aeroholding 19.7% until 2016
  • Generali Česká pojišťovna 2.3% until Apr 2022

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Apr 2024Acquired Smartwings1

Employees over time

Czech Airlines employees by year1133 in 2023−84% since 2014
02505007501.0K2014: 82382320142015: 6286282015−24%2016: 6496492016+3%2017: 6796792017+5%2018: 6926922018+2%2019: 6466462019−7%2020: 4464462020−31%2021: 1841842021−59%2022: 1751752022−5%2023: 1331332023−24%
  • 20231331
  • 20221751
  • 20211841
  • 20204461
  • 20196461
  • 20186921
  • 20176791
  • 20166491

Timeline

  1. 2018Acquired Acquired by Smartwings1
  2. 2018New chief executive Petr Kudela becomes CEO1
  3. 2014New chief executive Jozef Sinčák becomes CEO1
  4. 2011New chief executive Philippe Moreels becomes CEO1
  5. 2009New chief executive Miroslav Dvořák becomes CEO1
  6. 2006New chief executive Radomír Lašák becomes CEO1
  7. 2004New chief executive Jaroslav Tvrdík becomes CEO1
  8. 1999New chief executive Miroslav Kůla becomes CEO1
  9. Jul 1995Renamed Name changed to České aerolinie a.s.1
  10. Aug 1, 1992Founded Founded in Prague1

Sources

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