The renovated Kálvin tér, Corvin-negyed and Semmelweis Klinikák stations on the central section of the M3 metro line in Budapest have been opened, which means from Saturday afternoon, underground trains run from Kálvin tér to the southern terminal Kőbánya-Kispest station. The renovation of metro line 3 spans local government cycles, it is beyond party politics, […]
Budapest Airport, the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, presented its partner awards at a grandiose gala event similar to previous years. At the event organized in Terminal 1, the airport operator honored, among others, its most outstanding commercial, airline, environmental, cargo and media partners, who made a significant contribution to Ferenc […]
The 176th Balaton boating season started this Saturday, with Balaton Shipping Ltd. (Bahart) expecting its passengers with, among other things, a new timetable and an online ticket purchase option to be introduced from May, the company said at its season opening press conference. The company’s CEO, Gábor Veigl, is quoted by the state news agency […]
In parallel with the relaxation of restrictions introduced at European level in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of routes is increasing as Easter and the high season approach, offering more travel options from Hungary. The summer timetable is also expanding, with holiday flights connecting Budapest to the Adriatic. Meanwhile, FlixBus continues its […]
122 destinations and 112 cities are directly accessible from Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport in the 2022 summer season, with flights operated by 35 airlines. According to a press release by Budapest Airport about the summer schedule, Izmir, Turkey, has become a new destination accessible directly from the Hungarian capital. Turkey’s third largest city is […]
The Czech company Nymwag is building Europe's most modern rail vehicle manufacturing plant in Nagykanizsa, SW Hungary, providing jobs for nearly 1,500 people. With an investment of nearly HUF 60 billion, the rail vehicle manufacturer is setting up the group's most modern factory and research and development base, where 1,800 freight wagons and 4,800 railway […]
Qatar Airways says it welcomes the recent decision of the High Court, which issued an injunction against Airbus. The essence of the order is that Airbus must not do anything between the date of the order and a further hearing in April that would adversely affect its ability to comply with any court order that […]
Hungary's first electrically powered container truck rolled out of the METRANS railway terminal in Csepel in southern Budapest this Thursday. According to a press release sent to the state news agency MTI, the environmentally friendly DAF e-camion belongs to the fleet of WIN Capital Ltd., the road transport partner of the METRANS Group, which is […]
January produced good figures at Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Recovering passenger traffic is already approaching 60% of the pre-pandemic level of 2019, while the volume of air cargo has remained stable at over 15,000 tons, according to the airport's latest bulletin. In the first month of the year, a total of 562,635 passengers used Budapest […]
In 2021, Budapest Airport once again took huge steps to maintain its carbon neutral operations and achieve its sustainability goals. Last year, the company further reduced its direct carbon dioxide emissions, which are now half the level of ten years ago, while emissions per passenger were only one third of 2011 levels, the operator of […]
Budapest Airport closed its second year of operation under the heavy impact of the coronavirus. In the current environment impacted by the pandemic, passenger traffic still only reached one-third of its pre-pandemic level on an annual basis, while over half of its pre-pandemic level if we consider the past several months, the company's latest press […]
The Air France Group has recently announced that it commits to setting science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction targets with the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). The use of sustainable fuel and fleet modernization are two of the elements used to achieve the targets. The Air France-KLM Group has signed a letter of commitment with the independent […]
The FAIRway Danube project, which was implemented by six Danube countries with a EUR 19 million grant from the European Network Facility (CEF), has been concluded. Hungary’s National Waterways Directorate (OVF) explained in a press release sent to the state news agency MTI that the project, which ran from 2015 to 2021, aimed to harmonize […]
Dutch-owned logistics service provider Raben Trans European Hungary Ltd. has opened two new warehouses with a total area of about 40,000 square meters in Pécs and Dunaharaszti, the company informed the Hungarian state news agency MTI. The Dunaharaszti-based company, which with the new developments now has a warehouse capacity of 70,000 square metres at five […]
The Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport produced another passenger peak this November and November was the second strongest cargo month in the history of the airport. The November passenger number has exceeded the passenger traffic registered in October, which had set a record since the outbreak of the pandemic, as a total of 724,626 […]
