CzeCh airlines - České aerolinie

Important Developments during 2010 and 2011,
as of the date the Annual Report went to press
annual report 2010 | 8
2010
JULY
▶ The international flight route of
Czech Airlines to the Croatian
capital Zagreb celebrated its
80th anniversary.
▶ Czech Airlines Handling gained
another important customer
for its portfolio – Azerbaijan
Airlines (AZAL)
AUGUST
▶ The fist commercially branded
aircraft of Czech Airlines was
presented to the public. The
A320 with registration code
OK-GEB bore a visualization
of the Citi Czech Airlines credit
card.
▶ Technical services connected
to the maintenance of aircraft
and aircraft components were
transferred to the subsidiary
Company Czech Airlines
Technics. Ondřej Konývka
became the new Executive
Director and Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
▶ Czech Airlines welcomed the
500,000th member of the
OK Plus Loyalty Programme.
SEPTEMBER
▶ Martin Štolba won
a recruitment competition
for the position of Executive
Director of Czech Airlines
Handling.
▶ The Czech Airlines General
Meeting of shareholders
decided on personnel changes
in the Supervisory Board.
Radek Šmerda and Miroslav
Bernášek were elected as new
members.
OCTOBER
▶ HOLIDAYS Czech Airlines
received the Air Operator’s
Certificate (AOC). The
Company thus became a fullyfledged
air carrier, operating on
the charter market under the
code HCC.
▶ Czech Airlines celebrated
the 87th anniversary of its
founding.
▶ The first major changes to the
traffic network model were
reflected in the winter flight
timetable.
NOVEMBER
▶ The Czech Government
approved the creation of
the joint-stock Company
Český Aeroholding, composed
of Czech Airlines and its
subsidiary companies and
Airport Prague.
▶ Check-in for passengers on
regular routes was overhauled,
for example, with regard to the
transport of cabin luggage.
Economy class passengers
now check in only at CUSS
kiosks at Prague Airport.
▶ HOLIDAYS Czech Airlines
signed an exclusive agreement
with the travel agency Blue
Style.
DECEMBER
▶ Czech Airlines unified the rules
for transport of registered
luggage on regular routes
according to the “piece
concept”.
▶ Czech Airlines air traffic was
severely affected by weather
over Europe. The calamitous
situation limited operations at
a number of European airports,
including Prague Airport.