Budapest Airport remained closed on Friday afternoon and evening due to an electric problem affecting the control tower and is scheduled to be reopened at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, but this could still be subject to change.
A communiqué by Budapest Airport says “the relevant services are making every effort to repair the electrical problem in the control tower at Budapest Airport. Ensuring the reliable operation of the equipment in the tower, guaranteeing the safety of aviation, is of the utmost importance.”
The airport was forced to close Friday at 11:50 a.m. as “the electric supply of the tower has been impacted by a technical problem,” the airport had said in another statement released earlier in the day. Outgoing flights were suspended while incoming ones were diverted to Bratislava, Slovakia, to Vienna, Austria or Debrecen, eastern Hungary (see picture).
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