The main Czech airline group Smartwings/Czech Airlines will suspend all flights to and from the Czech Republic by Monday in response to government travel restrictions meant to fight the spread of coronavirus, the airline said on Friday. The government has agreed to ban foreigners from entering the country and Czechs travelling abroad as of Monday, with some exceptions. Smartwings said it would ground up to 23 planes, half of its fleet. The Czech Republic on Friday introduced an unprecedented travel ban in a fight against the coronavirus. Czechs and foreigners with permanent or long-term residency in the Czech Republic will not be allowed to leave the country, beginning on 16 March. Foreigners will not be able to enter the country for the next 30 days. People working abroad (within 50km of the Czech border) will be able to cross. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the Czech Republic has now reached 120, with over 4,800 people quarantined. Cases have now been recorded in all regions of the country. Prague has the highest number, with 50 cases.
Prague Airport has launched a new self-service bag drop for passengers travelling from Terminal 2.
Ryanair has announced further cuts to their flights to/from and within Italy due to the continued spread of coronavirus. The cuts have been made following the decision by the Italian government to “lockdown” travel to and from the Orange Zone in Northern Italy. A number of other EU countries including Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, and Romania have restricted flights to and from Northern Italy with immediate effect. Ryanair will be suspending all Italian domestic flights to/from Bergamo, Malpensa, Parma, and Treviso from midnight on Tuesday, March 10 until midnight on Wednesday, April 8. A severely reduced schedule of international flights to/from Bergamo, Malpensa, Venice, Parma, Rimini, and Treviso will operate from midnight on Thursday, March 12 until Wednesday, April 8. These will only run on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Any routes with multi-daily frequencies (for example Stansted to Malpensa) will be restricted to one flight per day during each of these four days. As thousands of non-Italian visitors are currently in Lombardy and other affected regions, Ryanair said it must continue to run this restricted four-day week schedule to/from Northern Italy to repatriate these non-Italian citizens. The airline said it continues to comply fully with WHO and national...
Červená Lhota is one of the most fabulous and photogenic Czech castles. The red color of the walls and the location on the rocky island make it unusual and unforgettable. The water castle of Červená Lhota includes beautiful indoor expositions and a marvellous castle park. The unusual color of the castle is not all that tourists may be interested in. The building stands on the shore of a small sweet lake, and all this together creates a charming atmosphere. For just 80 CZK, you can rent a small boat and take a romantic trip along the lake surface, admiring the views of the castle complex. The castle is open to the public from the end of March to the end of October. Origin of the name “Červená” translated from Czech means red. Lhota is the name of many villages and urban areas founded during the Middle Ages in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia when the inhabitants of the new settlements had certain duties before the feudal lord. Why is the castle red Every self-respecting medieval castle should have at least one creepy legend. The most famous story about Červená Lhota says that the noble owner of the castle, the knight Gutram...
Czech government decides to suspend flights to and from Italy (Milan, Venice, and Bologna) and South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV).
The airport will start thermal screening for passengers arriving from Italy, in addition to isolating those with the disease symptoms.
Can you drive 270,000 km around the world in three years? The organizers of the “Tatra kolem světa 2” (Tatra around the world 2) action want to find it out. Their idea refers directly to the famous Tatra 815 GTC expedition, which took place in the second half of the 80s in the 20th century. The project aims is to promote the Czech industry abroad, such as 3D printing, virtual reality, and carbon products. They will be received almost in every country where Czechia has a governmental trade agency. The expedition’s cost is estimated at 25 million CZK. A majority is funded by co-organizers Marek Havlicek and Petr Holecek, and some 3 million CZK have been crowd-funded. In 1987, as part of the “Tatra kolem světa” project, a crew of five people drove in a special Tatra 815 GTC truck for 200,000 km in just three years. The participants of that expedition visited 67 countries and travelled across five continents. The organizers divided the whole expedition into four stages, between which the vehicle will be transported by ship from continent to continent. 1st stage – duration of 9 months, about 70 thousand km, 22 countries Czech Republic – Slovakia – Hungary...
Ryanair claims to have launched ‘rescue fares’ on seven routes to accommodate passengers hit by Wizz Air’s decision to suspend all routes to and from Odesa until June and the cancellation of its flights from London Luton to Prague and Oslo in May. Its cheapest flights from London to Prague start at 655 CZK, although these operate from Stansted, not Luton. The “rescue fares” are on sale now until midnight Sunday (16 Feb), only on the Ryanair.com website. In a statement issued today, Wizz said: “Wizz Air’s London Luton-Prague and London Luton-Oslo routes will be discontinued from May, as the routes did not perform in line with our expectations. London has been one of the most popular destinations for passengers traveling from Prague Airport. Last year, 1.35 million people traveled to “The Swinging City”. “The capacity will be allocated to other routes in the upcoming period, as we are always assessing new opportunities that can best meet our customers’ needs. “Passengers with bookings affected by this change are being informed and automatically offered an alternative flight schedule, provided full refunds, or offered 120% of the original fare in airline reservation credit. “Wizz Air apologizes for any inconvenience these changes might...
In 2017, Scottish beer brand BrewDog raised the funds on Indiegogo for what it dubbed the “world’s first craft-beer hotel,” rallying more than 2,000 people to the cause. Now, at DogHouse Hotel and Brewery (in Columbus, Ohio), guests can enjoy bathroom beer fridges, in-room draft taps and the luxury of not having to call an Uber after a night out. Whether you stay in a suite or not, you’ll have access to the same beer-based amenities. Everyone gets a free BrewDog beer upon check-in, a growler fridge you can fill up in the lobby (or on-site brewpub) that’ll keep your beer fresh during your stay, and a minibar filled with cans and bottles from some of the owner’s favorite breweries worldwide. Being located inside the BrewDog brewery, the hotel offers the opportunity to take a tour to discover every detail of the production process, and you can also learn about the history of the factory located at the gates of Aberdeen in Scotland. “Guests are able to watch the brewers at work from rooms overlooking the state-of-the-art brewing facility,” says Jason Casillas, one of the guides at BrewDog You’ll also get more info about the BrewDog brand, from its humble beginnings in...
The Czech government announced the ban on direct flights between the Czech Republic and China due to the new coronavirus outbreak on February 3rd. The last flight from China arrived at Prague’s airport on Saturday, bringing a number of Czechs who opted to leave the country due to the coronavirus outbreak. Prague has 12 flight connections a week with China, operated by three Chinese airlines. Hainan Airlines has been operating in Beijing since 2015, a year later Sichuan Airlines began flying to Chengdu, and in 2017 China Eastern Airlines launched a flight to Shanghai, with a stopover in Xi’an. The flu-like virus has been declared a global emergency and spread from China’s Wuhan province to more than two dozen other countries and regions, with the first death outside of China reported on Sunday. The coronavirus death toll on mainland China reaches 722. On Monday, China’s health ministry said another 3,062 cases were reported over the previous 24 hours, while Johns Hopkins reported a total of 40,510 cases globally. More than 360 cases have been confirmed outside mainland China. The virus has spread to at least 27 countries and territories, according to official reports. On Saturday, February 6th, a US citizen...
Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airways started selling tickets from Prague to Hanoi. The carrier will deploy the Boeing 787-9 twice a week from 29 March. The airline will fly on Sunday and Wednesday. From Prague, the plane will fly at 18:05 and land in Hanoi at 9:35 local time after 10 hours and 30 minutes of flight. The flight back from Hanoi leaves at 9:20, and will land in Prague at 4 pm after 11 hours and 40 minutes. The lowest fares are around 16,000 CZK, but Bamboo does not yet offer the Bamboo Eco class in the reservation system. This is usually the cheapest fare and applies to passengers without cabin baggage. The flights to Prague were confirmed this January on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Czech Republic. “According to our estimates, over 50,000 passengers in both directions could use the new route between Prague and Hanoi twice per year,” said Václav Řehoř, chairman of the Prague Airport Board. Bamboo Airways will be Vietnam’s first private airline to operate wide-body aircraft at the end of this year. “We ranked the European market as key, and so in 2020 it is one of...
The Czech government banned direct flights between the Czech Republic and China due to the new coronavirus outbreak, effective Feb. 9, a government spokeswoman said on Monday. The flu-like virus has been declared a global emergency and spread from China’s Wuhan province to more than two dozen other countries and regions, with the first death outside of China reported on Sunday. Prague has 12 flight connections a week with China, operated by three Chinese airlines. Hainan Airlines has been operating in Beijing since 2015, a year later Sichuan Airlines began flying to Chengdu, and in 2017 China Eastern Airlines launched a flight to Shanghai, with a stopover in Xi’an. China’s death toll from a new coronavirus jumped above 360 on Monday, surpassing the number of fatalities from its SARS crisis two decades ago, with dozens of people dying in the epicentre’s quarantined ground zero. The World Health Organization has declared the crisis a global health emergency, and the first foreign death from the virus was reported in the Philippines on Sunday.
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