Some departure routes (SID) in Prague LKPR are only used by aircraft with (turbo)prop engines, e.g. ATR 72. Such routes have designations ending with letters D/G/K/M/N/Q (e.g. VOZ4M).
In Prague, jet aircraft, e.g. Boeing 737, use departure routes with designations ending in the letters A/B/E/H (e.g. VOZ4A).
In the real world, OK-SWT and OK-SWW aircraft (type B737-700) have a weaker engine rating (20K) than in the simulator. For maximum realism, we recommend that you always use TO-2 Derate for takeoff in the simulator when flying these aircraft.
There are additional fuel tanks installed in OK-TVW (B737-800) in the real world, allowing this aircraft to fly longer without the need for stopovers to refuel. This is mainly used for round the world trips or similar special occasions.
There is a sophisticated systen in the numbering of Smartwings Group flights. There may be exceptions, but generally it works like this:
| flight number | type of flight |
|---|---|
| QS 10xx, 11xx, 12xx | scheduled flights to/from Prague |
| QS 13xx | scheduled flights to/from Ostrava |
| QS 14xx | scheduled flights to/from Brno |
| QS 15xx | scheduled flights to/from Bratislava |
| QS 16xx | scheduled flights to/from Košice |
| QS 2xxx, 3xxx | regular charter flights (usually for travel agencies) |
| QS 41xx, 42xx | regular charter flights to exotic destinations |
| QS 4xxx | one-off ad-hoc flights |
| QS xxJ | business jet flights |
| QS xxxP | empty positioning flights from base |
| QS xxxF | empty ferry flights back to base |
| QS xxxT | empty technical flights (ferry for maintenance etc.) |
| 7O 5xxx | regular charter flights (usually for travel agencies) - to/from Hungary |
| 6D 6xxx | regular charter flights (usually for travel agencies) - to/from Slovakia |
| 3Z 7xxx | regular charter flights (usually for travel agencies) - to/from Poland |
| OK xxx (3-digit) | scheduled flights |
| OK xxxx (4-digit) | one-off/charter flights |
| OK 9xxx (4-digit) | empty ferry flights |
Flights from the base usually have an even last digit, flights back to the base have an odd digit.
Some airports have separate stands/gates for Schengen and for Non-Schengen flights. Schengen Area member states are as follows:
| Member state | ICAO code | Member state | ICAO code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | LOxx | Lithuania | EYxx | |
| Belgium | EBxx | Luxembourg | ELxx | |
| Bulgaria | LBxx | Malta | LMxx | |
| Czech Republic | LKxx | Netherlands | EHxx | |
| Denmark | EKxx | Norway | ENxx | |
| Estonia | EExx | Poland | EPxx | |
| Finland | EFxx | Portugal | LPxx | |
| France | LFxx | Romania | LRxx | |
| Germany | EDxx, ETxx | Slovakia | LZxx | |
| Greece | LGxx | Slovenia | LJxx | |
| Hungary | LHxx | Spain | LExx | |
| Iceland | BIxx | Sweden | ESxx | |
| Italy | LIxx | Switzerland | LSxx | |
| Latvia | EVxx |
If your destination is located in one of the countries above, you can park on stands intended for Schengen flights.
You may have noticed that the ICAO code for our Airbus A220-300 aircraft isn't A223, as you might expect from the logic of assigning ICAO codes to other aircraft.
The ICAO code of the A220-300 is BCS3. Before Airbus bought a majority stake in Bombardier, the aircraft was called the Bombardier CSeries 300 (or simply CS300), and this is where its ICAO code comes from. In 2018, the aircraft was rebranded as the A220-300, but the ICAO code remained.
The story of the smaller Airbus A220-100 is very similar. Its former designation was CS100, and its ICAO code remains BCS1.