Prague Airport chooses Soku Minute Mattress for unpredictable situations

A busy airport in a challenging climate

Prague Airport has grown steadily over the past years, connecting passengers to 181 destinations via 76 airlines. That growth is a success story — but it also means more passengers are in the terminal at any given moment when things go wrong.

Central European winters are unpredictable. In December 2025, dense fog caused delays on 73% of departures. A few weeks later, freezing rain brought the airport to a limited operating mode. Earlier in 2025, all morning departures were delayed due to thick fog. These are not rare exceptions — they are recurring situations that require a reliable, pre-planned response.

For passengers stranded overnight, basic comfort matters. A place to lie down reduces stress, eases the workload on ground staff, and simply is the right thing to do.

Why Prague Airport chose Soku

The decision at Prague Airport was made with broad internal support — all key stakeholders across the organisation were involved. The primary use case: unpredictable situations, where speed and simplicity are critical.

In the words of the airport's management team:

"It is very good for keeping passengers calm."

That is, ultimately, what this is about. A calm passenger is easier to assist, less likely to escalate a difficult situation, and more likely to leave with a positive impression of how the airport handled a bad day.

Following in Munich's footsteps

Prague Airport joins Munich Airport (MUC), which has been using the Soku Minute Mattress since a major drone incident grounded over 80 flights and left approximately 6,500 passengers stranded overnight. Munich staff were able to deploy mattresses without calling in specialists or managing heavy logistics — regular terminal employees handled it directly.

That experience showed what the system is built for: a small, stored stock that becomes a large-scale comfort solution within minutes, operated by whoever is available.

The practical side

The Soku Minute Mattress system is compact in storage and fast in deployment. A single operator can produce up to 200 mattresses per hour, with no prior training required. Each mattress is produced fresh from the cartridge roll — hygienic by design, with no washing or reuse logistics involved. The material is recyclable, and an end-of-life return programme is available.

For an airport with ambitious sustainability targets — PRG is working towards carbon neutrality by 2030 — the low-footprint design of the system is an added benefit, not an afterthought.