CSA Czech Airlines

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3 star Skytrax Rating
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Seat Comfort 12345
Staff Service 12345
Value for Money 12345
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2/10

"maximum occupancy and minimum legroom"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Boarding process borderline rude, with boarding announcement focused around the warning that carry-ons will be checked for size and weight. Boarding personnel obviously trained to police and enforce rather than to serve. This is now part and parcel of the standard CSA travel experience since they began luring leisure travellers on rock-bottom fares with steep surcharges for checked-in baggage to what used to be business clientelle flights with decent levels of service for high-price flexible tickets (early morning to Western Europe, late evening back). Without warning, the flight was not operated by their own A319 providing decent seating comfort. Instead, they used their parent company's B737 configured for maximum occupancy and minimum legroom. With my 5' 11" / 182 cm, I had a choice between sitting with my legs spread apart or massaging the bottom of the passenger before me with my knees. Btw., their parent company is the lowcost Travel Service/Smartwings, a Czech and Chinese-owned business and one of only two carriers in Europe with two-star rating from Skytrax. Avoid if you can.
AircraftBoeing 737-700
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePrague to Brussels
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"No options, no choice, no apology"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Prague to Ostrava (60 minutes) is sometimes merged with Prague to Košice (90 minutes) into a single flight Prague to Košice with a stopover in Ostrava, which adds some 30 to 40 minutes to total flight time for passengers to Košice. On January 12, however, CSA/Travel Service came up with something new: Prague to Ostrava via Košice. The normally 60-minute flight to Ostrava thus took 3 hours and 30 minutes! Passengers to Ostrava were taken all the way to Košice, made to leave the aircraft there, then to board again 20 minutes later and only brought to their destination on the way back to Prague. Huge savings for the carrier, zero respect to cargo. Sorry, I mean to passengers, mainly homeward business travelers on a Friday afternoon. I am appalled at the level of arrogance displayed by the once respectable national carrier. If informed in time, I could have opted for a train ride, which would have brought me home earlier and at a fraction of the cost while pampering me with all the comforts of a modern speed train like WiFi, royal amounts of legroom, nice onboard service and a well stocked dining car. Instead, I was confronted by the grim reality only at the gate minutes before boarding. No options, no choice, no apology, no compensation. Just a matter-of-factly answer to my astonished question: Yes, you will fly via Košice. And one more thing: the food included in my fare was not served, which is why I checked N/A below.
AircraftATR 72
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePrague to Ostrava via Košice
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"bad low cost service"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Prague to Barcelona. I bought the ticket via CSA web and "operated by" CSA was promised. In the end came the plane from their co-owning company Smartwings-Travel Service, which is a low cost airline. This is now turning to be very regular what CSA do. This plane was old, ugly and dirty with low cost distances between the seats, hitting the knees and I am really not a giraffe. Horrible service and the food which I ordered and paid in advance was also very bad. I used to fly CSA in the past, but since Travel Service took off I try to avoid it. You pay national airline price, but you get very bad low cost service.
AircraftBoeing 737
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePrague to Barcelona
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"Overall a lousy service"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Prague to Moscow on Dec 30th. My Sky Priority status and Fast Track label should allow for priority boarding. Providing, CSA would manage this process. Boarding has been a complete mess and with just a single single queue based on first come - first served. No priority for parents with the kids, business class, Sky priority or any other things you are normally used to see. The flight was fully booked but boarding has been channeled through a single person, checking all the boarding cards, passports and visa. Consequently, boarding has been an agonizing process and atmosphere was very tense. Unfortunately, my observation suggests that in Prague such a chaos is more the rule rather than exception. There has been no supervisor present at the boarding and it did not look professionally. We have arrived in Moscow with 1 hr 25 min delay. The purser apologized in Czech and English, but not in Russian. However, most of the passengers were Russians. Overall a lousy service.
AircraftA319
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePrague to Moscow
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
2/10

"Service below standard"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Moscow to Prague. Service below standard. Flew CSA business class from Moscow to Prague. All aspects of the service was not in line with what is normally offered in business class. And definitively much below what direct competitor is offering. It is in terms of the overall customer care, comfort of the seats, selection of the meal (in fact there was no selection!), etc. I found CSA business class only marginally better than Lufthansa or Austrian economy. Though significantly more expensive. Not a value for money.
AircraftA319
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteMoscow to Prague
Date FlownOctober 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"the baggage is damaged"

(Czech Republic)

Trip Verified | Frankfurt to Prague. Damaged baggage? We will take our Time! After receiving my baggage, I have noticed that the baggage is damaged beyond any repair and reported that at the desk. The claim has been registered and I was instructed to call CSA Call Center to get the info re next steps. However, when calling Call Center, this particular service was not available due to the “technical reasons”. Instead, they requested to file the complained by email. I did it (already my second filing) just to get the automatic response that I will be contacted soon. I felt, soon means one two days or so. However, after 6 days of silence I choose to call CSA myself. Service was again not available due to “technical reasons”. When calling general information, I was instructed to go to the repair shop, get protocol that baggage cannot be repaired and ask for compensation. One is wondering why they did not tel me a week ago. I was asking as to why there was no follow up and got explained that CSA has 30 days to respond. So if you fly to Prague and your baggage is damaged, you get response after 30 days. Than you have to present the document from repair shop and perhaps after next 30 days or so you might get compensated. If lucky enough. Given, I am not living in Prague, the suggestion to go to the shop and wait for the resolution of the case is impractical and ridiculous. I am already on my way now and cannot use my baggage. Moreover, I also cannot leave my damaged baggage on its own. So baggage became a real baggage due to this ridiculous approach by CSA. I would also suggest to SkyTeam that they should harmonize their procedures across the alliance to secure user friendly and consistent services. Last time, I had damaged my baggage, I got a new one from Delta right at the spot. The fact that I am SkyTeam Gold customer is no help. I cannot be more dissatisfied with the approach taken by CSA.
AircraftATR72
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypePremium Economy
RouteFrankfurt to Prague
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
4/10

"Expensive with poor conditions"

(Romania)

Trip Verified | Flew Bucharest to Prague. Expensive with poor conditions. I traveled better with Ryanair and it was also cheaper (like a quarter of the price here, with luggage included and so on). Tarom was also at a better price and with better conditions. Czech Airlines do not offer you the minimum seat space, not a good food service and also the baggage requirements are very annoying.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteBucharest to Prague
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
8/10

"seats are comfortable enough"

(Sweden)

Verified Review | First time I flown with CSA with my family from Stockholm to Prague and we were not disappointed. Check-in was smooth, boarding was smooth, economy class seats are comfortable enough for a two hr long flight. Flight attendants did their job, I did not have to interact with them at all. Take off and landing were on time. No delay. I have nothing bad to say about this airline. Same experience on the way back. Clean interior and enough place for hand baggage. Passengers can see the flight route throughout the flight. We had our own snack and water during the flight.
AircraftA319
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteStockholm Arlanda to Prague
Date FlownNovember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
4/10

"Overpriced low cost treatment"

(Ukraine)

Verified Review | Mixed bag of two different experiences. Paris to Prague and Prague to Kiev. Booked through travel agent and then wasn’t able to access booking on the csa.com to buy options like food or extra bag. Was able to get bag allowance via online check in where it recognized my premium status with SkyTeam. At the airport in Paris everything was smooth and easy including SkyPriority lanes available at every stage. Plane was bang on time. The seat comfort was excellent which is important to me. Didn’t have opportunity to try their meal since wasn’t able to pre-order it, but no problem for 1 hr flight. When in Prague everything changed dramatically. At the gate there was no flight info at all and no one attended. The screen showed a 2 hr delay. The csa.com has no flight status info and sends you to Prague airport website where flight was shown as leaving on time. One hour later incomprehensible announcement about gate change with exact words “The flight is leaving now from Gate X”. The crowd ran there to find new gate empty and door closed with no one around. 60 minutes later flight was called for boarding. At their home base CSA don’t maintain separate lane for business and SkyTeam passengers. All stood in one line and boarding was a mess. Onboard 2 hr flight nothing was for free, even water. Since security check is done directly at the boarding gate after shopping area you get your bottle of water purchased to bring onboard confiscated but then after the lane they have a vending machine for you to buy previously confiscated water again. When onboard no apologies for delay from the crew. Ticket price was higher than KLM on the same route. Cabin bag allowance was just 1 item of 8 kg vs KLM 12 kg and 2 items plus drinks and snacks for free. Checked baggage allowance is up to SkyTeam standards. Only 3 star for ground service due to good experience in Paris. For Prague airport they deserve no star. Overpriced low cost treatment. Inconsistent.
AircraftA320
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteParis CDG to Kiev Boryspil via Prague
Date FlownNovember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
7/10

"very confortable seats"

(Greece)

Verified Review | Prague to Brussels. We had an hour delay due to the bad weather and air traffic. The plane was clean with very confortable seats, landing was very smooth. Airline does not offer anything so you have to pay from their catalog. Ticket was very cheap - 38 euro. Not bad for a 1.5 flight!
AircraftA319
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePrague to Brussels
Date FlownSeptember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
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