捷克航空公司
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捷克航空公司(Czech Airlines) 天合联盟成员之一
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捷克航空公司成立于1923年，公司的机队由43架航空器组成。
CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: České aerolinie (abbreviation: ČSA) is the Czech national airline company, and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at Ruzyně International Airport, Prague. It operates scheduled services to over 120 destinations in 52 countries, including most major European cities and to transit points in North America, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa It also operates charter and cargo services. In 2006 it carried over 5 and half million passengers. The airline runs a frequent flyer programme called the "OK Plus Frequent Flyer Programme". It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.
CSA was founded on October 6, 1923 by the Czechoslovak government as CSA Československé státní aerolinie. Twenty-three days later its first transport flight took place, flying between Prague and Bratislava. It operated only domestic services until its first international flight from Prague to Bratislava and Zagreb in 1930. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 development of the airline was terminated.
In January 1948 the Communist Party seized power in Czechoslovakia, suspended some western European and Middle East routes, and replaced much of the fleet with Soviet-built aircraft. In 1957 CSA became one of the world's first airlines to fly jet services, taking delivery of the first Tupolev TU-104A. The first transatlantic services started on 3 February 1962 with a flight to Havana[1], using a Bristol Britannia jet-prop ceded by Cubana de Aviación. CSA's transatlantic flights were code-shared with Cubana's own services to Prague, and Cubana's crews provided initial training and assistance in the operation of the Britannias.
The Britannia was replaced with Ilyushin IL-62 aircraft in the late 1960s, and new transatlantic routes were established to Montreal and New York, besides Havana. Tupolev TU-134, Ilyushin IL-18 and other Soviet-built aircraft were used in CSA's European services. In the 1990s, all Soviet-built aircraft were replaced with Western-built ones, such as the Boeing 737s and A310s, Airbus A-320s, and short-range ATR aircraft.[citation needed]
After the breakup of the Czechoslovak Federation the airline adopted its present name in May 1995. CSA became a full member of the Sky Team alliance on 18 October 2000. The airline is owned by the Czech Ministry of Finance (56.92%), Czech Consolidation Agency (34.59%) and other Czech institutions. It had 4,411 employees (as of January 2005)[citation needed] and has 5,440 employees (at March 2007).