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Other awards were granted for modernization during individual airport development phases.

All these facts have been increasing the interest of carriers in using Prague airport.

In one of the most dramatic moments in its history, the airport was seized by Soviet paratroopers on the night of August 20 – 21, 1968, who then facilitated the landing of Soviet troops and transports for the invasion of Czechoslovakia.