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Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.) is a Czech aviation brand and privately held holding company. Between 1923 and 2024, it operated as an independent airline and served as the flag carrier of the Czech Republic .
Finnish flag carrier Finnair celebrates its 100th anniversary on November 1, having been founded in 1923 as a seaplane service, while the Czech Republic’s flag carrier Czech Airlines made its ...
It was the world's only jet airliner in operation between 1956 and 1958 (after which the Comet 4 and Boeing 707 entered service). The plane was operated by Aeroflot (from 1956) and Czech Airlines ČSA (from 1957). ČSA became the first airline in the world to fly jet-only routes, using the Tu-104A variant.
April 6 – Seventeen hijackers commandeer a CSA Czech Airlines airliner carrying a total of 26 people during a domestic flight in Czechoslovakia from Prague to Bratislava. They force it to take them to Neubiberg Air Base in the American Occupation Zone in Allied-occupied Germany. No one is injured in the incident. [14]
September 16 – American Airlines Flight 723, a Convair CV-240-0, crashes in Colonie, New York, while on final approach in fog to land at Albany Airport, killing all 28 people on board. [ 72 ] September 17 – Test pilot Scott Crossfield reaches Mach 1.85 at an altitude of 74,000 feet (23,000 m) in a Douglas Skyrocket .
Merged with 3 other airlines to form Imperial Airways. Czech Airlines: October 6, 1923: October 26, 2024 Czechoslovakia/ Czechia: Founded as Czechoslovak State Airlines, name changed to Czech Airlines in 1995. Finnair: November 1, 1923: Still in operation Finland: Founded as Aero O/Y, name changed to Finnair in 1968. Florida Airways: 1923: 1927 ...
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April 9, 1948: Twenty Czechs seized a Czech National Airlines commercial plane at gunpoint and flew it to the American occupation zone in Germany in a mid-air revolt to flee the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Five of the passengers and one of the flight crew chose to be repatriated.