Smartwings air transportation rules
Smartwings airline
1. About Smartwings Airlines: history, fleet
2. Rules of air transportation by Smartwings:
- Smartwings luggage: hand luggage, allowance
- Smartwings baggage: checked baggage allowance on Smartwings flights
- Smartwings baggage: excess baggage, types and cost on Smartwings flights
- Seats on Smartwings flights: seat map and cost of reserving seats on Smartwings flights
- Transportation of animals in the cabin on Smartwings flights
- Transportation of children and infants on Smartwings charter flights
- Check-in for scheduled/charter flights with Smartwings
3. Flight schedule of the airline Smartwings
1. About Smartwings Airlines: history, fleet.
Smartwings (код ІАТА (IATA): QS; код ІКАО (ICAO) TVS) – is a brand of the Czech airline Travel Service.
Travel Service Airlines, a private charter airline, was established in 1997 and was primarily involved in charter flights for various tour operators. In 2004, Travel Service registered the Smartwings brand for low-cost scheduled flights to cities in Europe and Asia.
Today, Smartwings is one of the fastest growing airlines in Central Europe and a member of the Smartwings Group. Headquartered in Prague, Smartwings offers charter and scheduled flights from more than 400 airports worldwide.
The Smartwings fleet consists of 34 aircraft, including
- 2 Boeing 737-700s,
- 23 Boeing 737-800s
- 2 Boeing 737-900 ER airplanes,
- 7 Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes.
2. Rules of air transportation by Smartwings:
Smartwings luggage: hand luggage, allowance
Adults and children (2 years and older) |
1 piece up to 8 kg, dimensions: 55 x 45 x 25 cm |
Infants (0-2 y.o.) |
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Each passenger may carry liquids and gels in containers of 100 ml or less in their carry-on baggage. All packages must be placed in a transparent, resealable plastic bag with a maximum capacity of 1 liter. Transportation of liquids in checked baggage is not recommended.
Information about prohibited items on Smartwings flights HERE.
Smartwings baggage: checked baggage allowance on Smartwings flights
The checked baggage allowance on Smartwings charter flights is as follows:
Adults and children (2 years and older) |
1 piece up to 23 kg (15 kg*) |
Infants (0-2 y.o.) |
1 piece up to 10 kg |
*For operational reasons, the checked baggage limit on Smartwings charter flights may be reduced to 15 kg from Polish cities to Lanzarote (Spain) and Cape Verde.
Important! Before paying for your ticket, check whether your ticket includes your checked baggage or only your hand baggage.
Smartwings baggage: excess baggage, types and cost on Smartwings flights.
Please note that when you make an application for booking air tickets for Smartwings charter flights on our website www.chartershop.pl, you have the opportunity to order the following additional services on Smartwings flights:
Additional baggage allowance up to 23 kg - 275 PLN (55 EUR)*, maximum weight - 23 kg
Increase of weight of checked baggage from 23 kg to 32 kg - 225 PLN (45 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Sports equipment:
Bicycle - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Surfboard (without sail) - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Surfing equipment (board with sail) - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Golf equipment - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Ski equipment - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Kitesurfing equipment - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg;
Diving equipment - 375 PLN (75 EUR)*, maximum weight - 32 kg.
*Price is per passenger, one-way, valid at time of publication and subject to change.
Please check the possibility of additional services at least 72 hours before departure by sending a request to our e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Seats on Smartwings flights: seat map and cost of reserving seats on Smartwings flights
If necessary, you can reserve the desired seats on Smartwings charter flights when creating a ticket reservation request or in your personal account at least 72 hours before departure. To clarify the possibility of pre-selecting seats on the flight - send a request to our e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Boeing 737 MAX seat map
Cost of advance booking of seats on board the aircraft:
1st row / emergency rows |
from 100 PLN (20 EUR) |
*Price is per passenger, one-way, valid at time of publication and subject to change.
Transportation of animals in the cabin on Smartwings flights:
Smartwings accepts only dogs and cats for transportation. Each flight has a limited number of animals for transportation.
Information about the necessary documents and rules for the transportation of an animal should be clarified by the passenger independently in the relevant services.
Type of service |
Weight of the container with the animal |
Container parameters in the sum of three dimensions (length/width/height) |
One way service cost |
In the airplane cabin |
up to 8 kg |
up to 100 cm (43x30x27 cm) |
375 PLN (75 EUR) * |
In the luggage compartment |
from 9 to 32 kg |
up to 250 cm |
750 PLN (150 EUR)* |
*Price is valid at time of publication and subject to change.
Each animal must have its own air-permeable, hard-bottomed crate in which it can stand up and turn around. The airline may refuse to transport animals for operational reasons or due to lack of available space on the aircraft.
To clarify the possibility of arranging the service of transporting an animal in the cabin on Smartwings charter flights, before paying for the ticket and no later than 96 hours before departure, send a request to our e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., indicating the offer you are interested in and the details of the animal.
*Important! Pets are not allowed on Smartwings flights to/from Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Marsa Alam.
Transportation of children and infants on Smartwings charter flights
Categories:
- Up to 2 years of age - infant - may travel sitting on your lap. Infants are issued a regular passenger ticket without the right to a separate seat in the cabin.
- From 2 to 12 years old - child - when purchasing a ticket for a child, a regular passenger ticket is issued. There are no additional discounts, children have a separate seat in the aircraft.
Unaccompanied minors on Smartwings charter flights:
- This service is available for children between the ages of 6 and 12,
- The cost is PLN 475 (EUR 95) per child, one way.
Each flight has a limited number of unaccompanied minors for transportation, so to clarify the possibility of the service, please send a request to our e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at least 96 hours prior to departure.
Passengers should check the rules for crossing the border of the departure/transit/destination country for minors and the required documents and airline rules for unaccompanied minors - on their own.
Check-in for scheduled/charter flights with Smartwings:
Online check-in:
- Check-in starts 30 hours before departure*,
- Check-in ends 60 minutes before the scheduled departure time*.
*Service is available only for passengers of scheduled flights
Check-in at the airport:
- Check-in starts 2.5 hours before the flight departure*,
- Check-in ends 40 minutes before the scheduled departure time**.
*For flights departing from Tel Aviv and Marsa Alam airports, the check-in counter opens 3 hours prior to departure.
**For flights from Tel Aviv, Dubai and for flights over 5000 km, check-in closes 60 minutes before departure.
*The above information is for informational purposes only.
Please verify the actual dates for each application individually by sending a request to our e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Ancillary services and tickets are confirmed, canceled, changed and refunded as separate services and are independent of each other.
Failure to confirm an ancillary service will not result in cancellation of the ticket.