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 […]
According to the Future Mobility Association, 0.79% of the total car fleet was pure electric at the end of October 2022, compared to 0.47% in 2021 and 0.29% in October 2020. A statement by the association says that 32,596 electric cars were in operation in the country in October this year, while the number of […]
Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH) has already transported one million tons of Ukrainian grain this year, the rail freight company told the state news agency MTI on Wednesday. The share of grain consignments, consisting of 80% maize, in the freight traffic from Ukraine has increased from 2% last year to 30%, they added. According to the […]
Most people in the eastern half of Europe have fond memories of ŠKODA's iconic models – the ŠKODA 100s and 120s –, while the newer models FABIA and OCTAVIA have been family cars for generations. The Czech brand has undergone a huge transformation in recent years, not only by becoming one of the leaders in […]
Mahart Container Center (MCC), one of Hungary’s leading container terminal operators, has leased a new, 30,000 sqm operational area at the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport from September, which the tenant is using for storing shipping containers, according to a statement by the airport management company Budapest Airport. The major advantage of the site […]
Hungary-based low-cost airliner Wizz Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ÖMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna, for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) between 2023 and 2030. The MoU gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase up to 185,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV. […]
