Budapest, December 12 (MTI) – The Heviz-Sarmellek airport near Lake Balaton is likely to see a one-third decline in passenger numbers this year as the decline in Russian passengers could not be offset by an increase in tourists from other…
Budapest, December 10 (MTI) – The number of passengers handled at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport has reached 10 million, a new record, since the beginning of the year. In a ceremony greeting the ten-millionth passenger on Thursday, Jost Lammers,…
Budapest, December 7 (MTI) – Germany’s Lufthansa will start three weekly flights between Debrecen, eastern Hungary, and Munich from April next year, Ofer Kisch, the company’s regional director, said. The flights will be operated by Bombardier CRJ900 planes on Mondays,…
The first new Emirates Boeing B777 runs according to schedule between Dubai and Budapest from 1 December 2015, replacing the old Airbuses, writes travelo.hu. The new plane has 3 different classes, more seats, and more inner space. In the first…
Budapest, December 1 (MTI) – The Heviz-Sarmellek airport at Lake Balaton will be renovated at a cost of 5 billion forints (EUR 16.1m), and will be connected to the M7 motorway by a new main road which will be built…
According to turizmusonline.hu, Wizz Air’s recently received A321ceo (current engine option) is a milestone, as it was presented before the Romanian, Hungarian, Polish and British press in Birmingham on Tuesday. Even if it is not a jumbo jet, Airbus A321…
Budapest, November 26 (MTI) – Budapest Airport expects to have at least 233,000 passengers between December 20 and January 1, around 11 percent more than in the same period last year, Mihaly Hardy, director of communications for Budapest Airport said…
The Tuesday’s Birmingham flight was unable to land even twice, and it finally landed in Liverpool, origo.hu wrote. Passengers of Tuesday’s Birmingham flight of Wizz Air lived thorough hard minutes. The pilot of the Airbus A320 failed to land twice…
Budapest, November 10 (MTI) – Flights are set to resume operations and depart from Terminal 2 at Budapest’s International Liszt Ferenc Airport after a computer glitch caused delays early on Monday morning. The issue was later resolved and passengers have…
Budapest, November 10 (MTI) – A computer glitch at Budapest’s International Liszt Ferenc Airport has grounded several flights scheduled to take off from Terminal 2, the airport’s deputy spokesman told MTI early Monday morning. Laszlo Kurucz said the airport was…
Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air will relaunch its Budapest-Baku flight in March 2016, the carrier said on Wednesday. Wizz Air will operate the flight on Wednesdays and Sundays. Wizz Air first launched direct flights from…
Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – An Emirates plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Budapest after one of the passengers suddenly became unwell, aviation news portal Airportal.hu reported on Monday. The Boeing 777 aircraft was flying from Birmingham…
According to origo.hu, Budapest Airport received Airport of the Year award at the CAPA Centre for Aviation ceremony. Ethiopian Airlines became the best traditional airlines, and IndiGo won the low-cost category. One day after Budapest Airport reported passenger traffic data…
A hoax website masquerading as an initiative driven by budget airline Ryanair has offered to transport asylum seekers lacking the proper documentation, as Europe grapples with one of history’s worst refugee crises. The Irish low-cost airline announced that from…
According to mno.hu, Budapest Airport spends annually over EUR 15 million on developments in the coming years. Among other things, the new dock expanding the passenger capacity of the 2. terminal can be built – Jost Lammers, CEO of Budapest…
In the current schedule period, flights depart to the Western-England city on Tuesday and Saturday, travelo.hu wrote. The Budapest offer of Wizz Air was enriched with a new destination: now Birmingham, the heart of West Midlands is also added to…
Budapest, September 10 (MTI) – Air Canada Rouge will launch a direct flight between Budapest and Toronto from June 10 next year, Liszt Ferenc International operator Budapest Airport told MTI on Wednesday. Air Canada Rouge, a unit of Air Canada,…
Almost a thousand Lufthansa flights were cancelled on Tuesday because the Vereinigung Cockpit pilot union decided to strike. It affects short, mid –and long term flights as well. On Wednesday no morning and early afternoon flights to Frankfurt will depart…
Budapest, September 4 (MTI) – Passenger numbers at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport reached 1,086,000 in the month of August, a new monthly record. In August, passenger numbers at the airport were up by 15 percent compared to the same…
Wizz Air Is Hungary’s de facto national airline – said Váradi József, CEO of the regional low-cost airline, during the formal opening of the new hangar on Ferihegy. The building cost almost one billion HUF, has an area of 2000…