The Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital has been ranked in the same category as Europe’s best airports, the management company Budapest Airport reports this Wednesday. The recognition is further validation for Budapest Airport and the airport community that the series of developments worth one hundred billion forints, implemented over the past four […]
The passenger center of Budapest's Keleti Railway Station has been renovated with HUF 1.9 billion, the project was financed by the government and the European Union, it was announced this Tuesday. The renovation of the 1,542-square-meter passenger center was aimed at bringing the capital's station up to modern standards for both passengers and staff. In […]
As part of its large-scale development series, Raben opened its new cross-dock facility in Dunaharaszti, just south of Budapest. Due to the investment of approximately EUR 7.5 million, the area of the former building was expanded by 75%, enabling the company to manage significantly increasing volumes and to exploit the growth potential of domestic and […]
The international energy company Shell has opened the region’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling station in Hungary. According to a statement by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, transport accounts for around 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, of which 70% is from road transport, with trucks responsible for two-thirds. There are two […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport has been awarded the international WELL Health-Safety Rating. The rating confirms that its operator, Budapest Airport, is taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of passengers and staff. During the rating process, independent experts examined five focus areas at the passenger terminals (cleanliness, emergency preparedness, health, air and […]
Thanks to the sponsorship contract signed by the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) and the Prime Minister's Office, the capital's fleet will be expanded with 31 new modern, low-floor and air-conditioned CAF trams, in addition to the 20 trains ordered last October. In a statement sent to MTI, BKK said that under a government decision at […]
As of this Monday afternoon, underground trains again run between the two terminals on the Hungarian capital’s M3 metro line as the renovation of all but two stations have been completed. Over three quarters of the renovation costs have been covered by EU funding. Some 3,500 people have worked for the past five and half […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport has been named ‘Best Airport in Eastern Europe’ by Skytrax at the World Airport Awards in March for the tenth time in a row. This is its second major accolade in a month. At the beginning of March, ACI chose Ferenc Liszt International Airport as the best airport in Europe among […]
The Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt National Airport has been voted the best European airport among airports with 15-25 million passengers, based on passenger feedback – as published by Airports Council International (ACI). The accolade is based on an international and independent survey, relying solely on passenger feedback. According a statement by the airport’s managing company, […]
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and its Hungarian subsidiary, Rail Cargo Hungaria transported more than one million metric tons of grain from Ukraine last year, the multiple of the amount of the previous year. The company stands ready to continue helping Ukrainian people and expects the freight volume between the two countries to continue increasing this […]
Waberer’s International Plc. has announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that it signed a contract with Bayer Construct Construction Plc. this Monday for the construction of a warehouse complex in Ecser, east of Budapest. The size of the planned new warehouse is 47,000 square meters, the total investment amount of the warehouse […]
Volvo Hungária Ltd. has handed over to the Waberer's Group Hungary's first purely electric Volvo tractor unit, an electric Volvo FH model. The newly handed over electric Volvo FH is a 4×2 axle configuration tractor with a Globetrotter XL extra-high sleeper cab for driver comfort. The range of up to 300 kilometers is ensured by […]
2022 was an extremely challenging, yet very successful year for the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the operator company Budapest Airport reports. The airport recovered 75% of its pre-COVID passenger traffic, added brand new destinations to its schedule and became a regional leader in quality, while air cargo volumes hit unprecedented records. A number […]
Ten new CNG (gas-fueled) buses with Euro 6 environmental classification have been put into service by Volánbusz in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, according to an announcement this Thursday. The almost HUF one billion investment saw the arrival of low-floor vehicles with visual and audio passenger information systems, suitable for wheelchairs and prams. The […]
In November, the slowdown in traffic at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, which started in October, continued; after 80-81% in the summer, the airport’s passenger traffic reached only 76% of the 2019 level in the eleventh month of the year, which means that 969,888 passengers used the airport in November, the airport's management company Budapest […]
