Budapest Airport has confirmed the addition of its sixth Chinese destination on its route map as Shanghai Airlines, in partnership with China Eastern Airlines, will be expanding its network with the recommencement of a Xi’an service from the Hungarian gateway for the summer season. Commencing o...

Budapest Airport has confirmed a new partnership with China Southern Airlines, marking the introduction of an additional airline to its carrier roll call and a new destination to its ever-expanding network. Commencing on 27 June, China Southern Airlines will launch a four-times weekly flight to G...

easyJet is to restart its route between Budapest Airport (BUD) and Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS). The year-round service will be operated twice-weekly, starting on 21 August 2024. easyJet previously operated the BUD-LYS route pre-pandemic (2019/2020), with an annual seat capacity of almost...

Budapest Airport confirms significant expansion in collaboration with Ryanair, as the airline’s CEO Michael O’Leary officially announced new routes, increased frequencies, and two new based aircraft during today’s press conference. During the press conference, the commitment to work togethe...

Having surpassed the 11 million passengers mark this month and consistently delivering months of double-digit passenger traffic growth, Budapest Airport now offers its customers even more choice of services as the Hungarian gateway welcomes its 14th new route of 2023. Launching Wizz Air’s third...

Budapest Airport has announced the addition of a new hotel, TRIBE, with a direct connection to the terminal, is to open in 2025. Following the success of the gateway’s first airport hotel, the ibis Styles Budapest Airport Hotel which opened its doors in 2018, the development will continue to en...

The Hungarian government has put forward a new offer to buy Budapest Airport and its owners have decided to enter discussions, shareholders have said. In 2021, the government submitted a non-binding offer to buy the airport for €4b, but the process was later halted amid high inflation and volatil...

Budapest Airport has announced a boost in the gateway’s capacity to Egypt, with the confirmation of Wizz Air’s new link to Cairo. The ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) will launch a three times weekly service between the capital cities on 30 October, meaning Budapest will see its weekly capacity ...

Budapest Airport has further expanded its network to Turkey with Wizz Air’s inaugural flight to Antalya yesterday. The ultra-low-cost carrier’s new three-times weekly service to the popular Turkish resort will utilise the airline’s 239-seat A321 neos on the 1,506-kilometre sector, becoming ...

Budapest Airport was celebrating last night, after being crowned the winner of the Routes Europe 2023 Marketing Awards in Łódź. The Hungarian gateway beat off strong competition from other airports in the 4-20 million category to take the title at the ceremony, which took place in the monument...

MOL, in cooperation with Neste, Budapest Airport, RÜK (Airport Fuel Supply Kft.) and Wizz Air, today starts commercially testing its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain. The project supports broader efforts in the aviation industry to reduce CO2 emissions and aims to prepare the fuel su...

Rounding up the end of a busy first week of this year’s summer season, Budapest Airport has celebrated the launch of Wizz Air’s daily service to Istanbul, representing the airline’s first Turkish connection from the Hungarian gateway. Utilising the ultra-low-cost carrier’s fleet of A321 N...

Budapest Airport has witnessed the expansion of its Romanian route network today with the arrival of AirConnect’s links to Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. Operating twice-weekly links to both Romanian cities, the country’s newest airline chose the Hungarian capital city to be among its first desti...

Budapest Airport ended last year with the confirmation that Belfast, a previously unserved destination, would be added to the gateway’s route map for the summer season. Celebrating the commencement of the twice-weekly service today, Ryanair will connect the Hungarian capital city to Northern Ir...

Continuing to record robust passenger traffic results, Budapest Airport has so far delivered an exceptional 54% growth in the first months of 2023, welcoming close to two million passengers by end-February. This period of development is set to be maintained as the Hungarian gateway launches an ad...