Transport minister wants Prague-Brno flight route maintained

Transport Minister Vít Bárta has made clear he will address Czech Airlines and Prague and Brno’s airports for help to try and keep open a flight route between the Czech and Moravian capitals, in all likelihood providing favourable conditions for negotiating with another airline. According to sources, under its restructuring programme ČSA is scrapping flight routes operating at a loss, including Prague-Brno; on Thursday Transport Minister Bárta met with ČSA president Miroslav Dvořák but categorically ruled out state funding for the route, given planned austerity measures. The minister said he had commissioned historic data as well as actual numbers and costs on the Prague-Brno route.

Author: Jan Velinger