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Prague Airport Relaxes Liquid Rules, Speeds Security for Schengen Business Travellers
Effective 1 October 2025, Prague Airport’s Terminal 2 now lets passengers carry one liquid container of up to two litres in hand luggage, thanks to new CT X-ray scanners. The change slashes queuing times for intra-Schengen business travellers and signals Europe’s shift toward tech-driven, risk-based security screening.
Prague Airport launches record-breaking winter timetable with 15 new destinations
Prague Airport’s winter 2025/2026 schedule went live on 26 October with 15 new destinations and 12 first-time carriers, lifting seat capacity by 12 percent. The expansion strengthens links to the Middle East, North Africa and secondary European markets, giving business travellers and expatriates more nonstop options but raising the need for earlier bookings on peak dates.
EU Entry/Exit System in force: Czech borders now collecting fingerprints and photos from non-EU travellers
Czech border checkpoints are now fully using the EU Entry/Exit System, capturing fingerprints and photos from non-EU nationals and lengthening processing times. Mobility teams must build extra time into itineraries, ensure travellers use the same passport for each trip and watch 90/180-day limits, which EES tracks automatically.
Wizz Air inaugurates Bucharest and Iași routes from Prague as winter season begins
Wizz Air launched four-weekly Prague–Bucharest and twice-weekly Prague–Iași flights on 26 October, expanding its Prague base to 21 routes. The services offer Czech companies faster access to Romanian markets and intensify competition on the Bucharest sector.
Czech daylight-saving time ends: what the 26 October clock change means for travellers
Czechia set clocks back one hour at 03:00 on 26 October, marking the end of daylight-saving time for 2025. The change affects early-morning flight and rail schedules, adds an extra hour of night-time public transport and requires payroll adjustments for employees on overnight shifts.
Air Dolomiti adds Prague–Frankfurt connection, strengthening Lufthansa Group hub access
Air Dolomiti began daily Prague–Frankfurt flights on 26 October, adding capacity on a key hub link for Czech business travellers and integrating seamlessly with Lufthansa’s intercontinental network.
Traffic lanes reopen at Prague Airport as week-long crane works finish
Prague Airport restored full vehicle access to Terminal 1 on 26 October after completing crane dismantling works that had diverted buses, taxis and private cars for five days. The return to normal traffic flow eases passenger drop-offs just as the winter flight schedule ramps up.
Smartwings opens Brussels link and upgrades Bucharest service in winter schedule shake-up
Smartwings added a five-weekly Prague–Brussels flight and upgraded its Bucharest link to a year-round scheduled service on 26 October, signalling the leisure carrier’s deeper push into business-focused point-to-point markets.