Czech Airlines (České Aerolinie, abbreviated as ČSA) 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. Czech Airlines ended its own flight operations on 26 October 2024, handing them over to Smartwings while being repurposed into a holding company, having been founded in 1923. It joined the SkyTeam alliance in 2001 and has been 24% owned by the low-cost carrier Smartwings since 2020.
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After the split of Czechoslovakia in the beginning of 1993, the acronym CSA was kept, but its meaning was changed from Czechoslovak Airlines to Czech State Airlines.
A new look for Czech Airlines was revealed in September 2007. The new logo was created by Michal Kotyza, who works for the airline.
In May 2024, it was announced that Czech Airlines will discontinue all of their flight operations on October 26 of the same year, and will proceed to hand over the operations to Smartwings, which acquired Czech Airlines in 2018. Czech Airlines will still remain in existence as a holding company.
