Transportation by Plane
Prague Airport
Vaclav Havel Airport, Prague 6
Tel: +420 220 111 888
Website: www.prg.aero
Super Cheap Flights to Prague & Online Reservations
Website: www.bookingbuddy.com
Major Airlines Flying to Prague
– About two dozen international airlines offer regularly scheduled services into Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport.
– The only U.S. carrier flying direct to Prague is Delta via New York/Los Angeles and– Germany’s Lufthansa, tel. 800/645-3880, www.lufthansa.com, has frequent connections to Prague with flights from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco or Chicago via their Frankfurt hub.
Other Major Carriers Serving the Czech Republic
– Air France, www.airfrance.com
– Alitalia, www.alitalia.com
– Austrian Airlines, www.austrian.com
– British Airways, www.britishairways.com
– economy short-haul service from EasyJet from London’s Stansted, and Gatwick Airports, www.easyjet.com
– KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,www.klm.com
– SAS, www.flysas.com
– Swissair, www.swiss.com
Prague Airline Offices
– To get flight information in Prague or to make reservations or changes, contact:
– Air France, Jungmannova 750/34, Praha 1, tel. 225-439-797
– For Alitalia information, visit www.alitalia.com
– For Austrian Airlines information, visit www.austrian.com
– British Airways, K letišti 1049/57, Praha 6, tel. 239-000-299
– CSA Czech Airlines, Evropska 846/176a, tel. 239-007-007
– For EasyJet information and reservations, go to www.easyjet.com
– KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Letiště Václava Havla, Aviatická, Praha 6, tel. 233-090-933
– Lufthansa, call centrum tel. 296-335-612 / Mo-Fr, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
– For SAS information, visit www.flysas.com
– Swissair, call centrum tel. 234-008-229 / Mo-Fr, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Flights to Prague from the U.K.
– Very frequent and cheap.
– In London, most of them leave from Gatwick or Stansted airports instead of Heathrow, making them less attractive options for Americans.
Booking
– When you book, look for nonstop flights and remember that „direct“ flights stop at least once.
– Try to avoid connecting flights.
Fares
– Tend to rise dramatically during the busy summer season, particularly from June through September.
– There are many discounts during the slow winter months.
Cutting Costs
– The least expensive airfares to Prague are almost always on European budget carriers like EasyJet or Ryanair that fly from secondary airports.
– This means that you will have to change the airline and the airport, so you should consider whether flight connections can be timed so that you can transfer from one airport to another without an additional overnight stay.
Flying Times
– A nonstop flight from New York to Prague takes about 8 hours, but the entire trip can take much longer (12-14 hours) if you must change planes in Europe.
– The flight from London to Prague takes 2 hours.
– The flight from Vienna to Prague takes less than an hour.
Check-in
– Always find out your carrier´s check-in policy.
– Plan to arrive at the airport 2 hours before your scheduled departure time for domestic flights and 2 ½ to 3 hours before international flights.
– Always bring a government-issued photo ID to the airport; a passport is best.
