Central Connect Airlines (CCA) was an

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based in

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, Czech Republic. It operated leasing and charter services. Its main base was

Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava , formerly ''Ostrava-Mošnov International Airport'', is the airport of the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, a major economic and industrial centre. It is located to the southwest of the city and also acts a ...

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3 April 2007

History

The airline was established in 2005, was wholly owned by the Central Connect Group (CCG) and had 110 employees as of December 2008. In February 2012 the airline retired their last Saab 340F. On 18 June 2012 Central Connect Airlines ceased its regular operations due to financial difficulties. The airline served routes from Prague to Berlin, Stuttgart, Hanover, Ljubljana, Kraków and Zagreb in cooperation with

Czech Airlines Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, ) is a Czech Republic, 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 ...

. The routes were first taken over by the end of March 2012 from Czech Airlines. There were plans to reorganize the company.volaspheric

19 June 2012 As of December 2013 Central Connect Airlines operated leasing and charter services but didn't resume the scheduled routes for Czech Airlines. In June 2014 it was announced that Central Connect Airlines would cease all remaining operations by 30 June 2014.

Destinations

Operated for Air100

; *Helsinki –

Helsinki Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (, ) , or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport serving Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as well as its surrounding Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region in Finland. ...

(ended 30 June 2014) *

Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

–

Pori Airport Pori Airport () is an airport in Pori, Finland. The airport is located south of the Pori town centre. It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service. During 2011 Pori Airport served 54,056 passengers, an increase of 25.2% from previous year ...

(ended 30 June 2014)

Operated in partnership with
Czech Airlines Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, ) is a Czech Republic, 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 ...

Central Connect Airlines served the following destinations : ; *

–

base (ceased 18 June 2012) *Prague –

Prague Ruzyně Airport Prague ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 m ...

(ceased 18 June 2012) ; *Berlin –

Berlin Tegel Airport Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport () was the primary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The airport was named after aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal and was the fourth busiest airport in Germany, with over 24 millio ...

(ceased 18 June 2012) *

Hannover Airport Hannover Airport is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is situated on in Langenhagen, north of the centre of Hanover. The airport has flights to Euro ...

(ceased 18 June 2012) *

Stuttgart Airport Stuttgart Airport () formerly is an international airport serving Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is christened in honor of Stuttgart's former mayor, Manfred Rommel, son of Erwin Rommel, and is the sixth ...

(ceased 18 June 2012) ; *

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Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport () , also known by its previous name ''Brnik Airport'' (), is the international airport serving Ljubljana and the largest airport in Slovenia. It is located near Brnik, northwest of Ljubljana and east of Kranj, ...

(ceased 18 June 2012) ; *Kraków – John Paul II International Airport (ceased 18 June 2012) *

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

– Poznań-Ławica Airport (ceased 18 June 2012) ; *Zagreb –

Zagreb Airport Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport () or Zagreb Airport () () is an international airport serving Zagreb, Croatia. It is the busiest airport in Croatia, handling about 4.31 million passengers and some 13,025 tons of cargo in 2024. Named after ...

(ceased 18 June 2012)

Fleet

The Central Connect Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (): *2

Saab 340B The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30–36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different ...

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* {{Authority control Defunct airlines of the Czech Republic Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in the Czech Republic Czech companies established in 2005