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Silesia Air adds Excel to fleet
Silesia Air has added a Cessna Citation Excel - to meet customer demand for a stand-up cabin.The Excel joins a Citation 560 and a 525. Silesia, based at Prague Ruzyne Airport, also offers charter flights from airports at Ostrava, Brno, Pardubice, Karlovy Vary and Ceske Budejovice.

Silesia Air has added a Cessna Citation Excel - to meet customer demand for a stand-up cabin.

The Excel joins a Citation 560 and a 525. Silesia, based at Prague Ruzyne Airport, also offers charter flights from airports at Ostrava, Brno, Pardubice, Karlovy Vary and Ceske Budejovice.

Silesia Air owner Tomas Karhanek, says that most business originates from Prague. "Business is growing proably because of the expansion of the EU and economic growth in eastern Europe and Russia."

The company launched in 2003 with a Cessna 421 piston twin.

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