Prague Václav Havel Airport has released its 2025 traffic statistics and the numbers are the strongest since the pandemic shock of 2020. According to Thursday’s announcement, the airport handled 17,750,528 travellers last year—an 8.5 percent increase on 2024 and only two percentage points shy of the record 2019 result.
Airport chief executive Jiří Pos told reporters that growth was driven by the rebound of corporate travel and an almost complete restoration of the low-cost network. The United Kingdom, Italy and Spain were again the three most-served destinations, reflecting both business demand (financial services in London, manufacturing supply chains in northern Italy) and outbound leisure flows. Long-haul connectivity also improved thanks to Korean Air’s daily Seoul flight and the winter-charter programme to Bangkok and Phuket.
Before ramping up travel plans, companies should also ensure their teams have the right entry documentation. VisaHQ’s online platform (https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/) streamlines Czech visa and residence-permit applications, offers live status tracking, and provides dedicated support for corporate accounts—helping mobility managers align paperwork with the airport’s newly restored capacity.
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For mobility managers the headline figure matters less than the service upgrades that accompany it. The airport completed the first phase of its Terminal 2 modernisation in December, adding eight e-gates that slash Schengen passport-control times to under 90 seconds even at morning peak. A new FastTrack corridor for holders of business-class and corporate-contract tickets has also shortened air-side transfer times.
Airlines are already banking on a strong 2026. Smartwings will base a ninth Boeing 737-MAX in Prague for the summer schedule, while American Airlines has loaded a daily Philadelphia service that offers one-stop access to more than 100 North-American cities. Combined with a slot-neutral incentive scheme unveiled this week, analysts expect Prague to cross the 19-million-passenger mark in 2026 if macro-economic headwinds remain moderate.
For global-mobility and travel-programme teams the take-away is clear: capacity is back, premium-process bottlenecks are easing, and Prague is reclaiming its position as a Central-European hub for both headquarters staff and regional project teams.
Airport chief executive Jiří Pos told reporters that growth was driven by the rebound of corporate travel and an almost complete restoration of the low-cost network. The United Kingdom, Italy and Spain were again the three most-served destinations, reflecting both business demand (financial services in London, manufacturing supply chains in northern Italy) and outbound leisure flows. Long-haul connectivity also improved thanks to Korean Air’s daily Seoul flight and the winter-charter programme to Bangkok and Phuket.
Before ramping up travel plans, companies should also ensure their teams have the right entry documentation. VisaHQ’s online platform (https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/) streamlines Czech visa and residence-permit applications, offers live status tracking, and provides dedicated support for corporate accounts—helping mobility managers align paperwork with the airport’s newly restored capacity.
For mobility managers the headline figure matters less than the service upgrades that accompany it. The airport completed the first phase of its Terminal 2 modernisation in December, adding eight e-gates that slash Schengen passport-control times to under 90 seconds even at morning peak. A new FastTrack corridor for holders of business-class and corporate-contract tickets has also shortened air-side transfer times.
Airlines are already banking on a strong 2026. Smartwings will base a ninth Boeing 737-MAX in Prague for the summer schedule, while American Airlines has loaded a daily Philadelphia service that offers one-stop access to more than 100 North-American cities. Combined with a slot-neutral incentive scheme unveiled this week, analysts expect Prague to cross the 19-million-passenger mark in 2026 if macro-economic headwinds remain moderate.
For global-mobility and travel-programme teams the take-away is clear: capacity is back, premium-process bottlenecks are easing, and Prague is reclaiming its position as a Central-European hub for both headquarters staff and regional project teams.
