Czech carrier Smartwings is adding Nice in France to its route map in May. The scheduled route from Prague’s Václav Havel Airport (PRG) to Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE) will operate 2X-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays using Boeing 737-700s.
The route was previously served regularly by CSA Czech Airlines, with the carrier offering up to 7X-weekly flights during peak summer in 2019. However, PRG-NCE has been unserved nonstop since the start of the winter 2019/20 season.
As the Smartwings Group contains both the eponymous airline and Czech flag-carrier CSA Czech Airlines, the latter will also codeshare on the Nice service. O&D traffic between Prague and Nice totaled 48,000 passengers in 2019, Sabre Market Intelligence data shows, and Smartwings will primarily been targeting this two-way leisure demand.