This is a list of defunct airlines of the Czech Republic . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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ABA Air | ABP | BAIR | 1996 | 2004 | Renamed/merged to ABS Jets | ||
Air Moravia | MAI | 1991 | 1995 | ||||
Air Moravia Czech Charter Airline | MOA | 1995 | 1997 | ||||
Air Ostrava | 8K | VTR | 1994 | 2000 | |||
Air Praha | PGU | 1993 | 1995 | ||||
Air Terrex | TRX | 1992 | 1995 | ||||
Bemoair | BMI | 1991 | 1996 | Renamed/merged to Egretta BMI | |||
Blue Air Moravia | 2017 | 2018 | Not launched | ||||
Československá letecká společnost (CLS) | 1927 | 1945 | |||||
Central Charter Airlines | 3B | CCG | JOBAIR | 2010 | 2011 | Rebranded as Czech Connect Airlines | |
Central Connect Airlines | 3B | JBR | 2005 | 2014 | |||
Central European Airlines | 1992 | 1995 | |||||
Charter Air | 2005 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | ||||
Czech Airlines | OK | CSA | CSA-LINES | 1923 | 2024 | Repurposed into a holding company | |
Czech Connect Airlines | CQ | CCG | CZECH CONNECT | 2011 | 2012 | Went bankrupt | |
Discovery Link | 2004 | 2005 | |||||
Egretta BMI | BMI | 1996 | 1998 | ||||
Ensor Air | E9 | ENR | 1992 | 1994 | |||
Espe Air | 1991 | 1993 | |||||
Fischer Air | 8F | FFR | Fischer | 1997 | 2005 | ||
Georgia Air Prague | PGU | 1992 | 1997 | ||||
Holidays Czech Airlines | HC | HCC | CZECH HOLIDAYS | 2010 | 2014 | ||
IDG Technology Airlines | 1997 | 1997 | |||||
Job Air | 3B | JBR | 2003 | 2005 | Rebranded as Central Connect Airlines | ||
Mostarez Air | Air Brno | 1995 | 1997 | ||||
OLIMEX | OLX | 1993 | |||||
Škoda Air | SOA | 1979 | 1996 | Renamed/merged to Skoda Engineering Air Transport | |||
Skoda Engineering Air Transport | SOA | 1996 | 1997 | ||||
Statni Letecky Utvar | 1990 | 1998 | |||||
Travel Service | QS | TVS | SKYTRAVEL | 1997 | 2018 | Renamed/merged to Smartwings |
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