The Hungarian national public transport bus company Volánbusz Co. Ltd. will buy fifteen new high-capacity buses worth nearly HUF 1.2 billion from Volvo Hungária Ltd. The buses are expected to be available from May, Volánbusz told the Hungarian news agency MTI this Tuesday. The vehicle purchase contract was signed on January 21 by Volánbusz Co. […]

A new chapter begins in the life of Budapest Airport from 2020. The first phase of a new, 11,500-square-meter facility serving passengers and providing the same level of comfort as the terminals has opened this Wednesday. The modern Pier 1 – to be fully completed by the summer of 2020 – replacing the earlier basic […]

Four days before the end of the year, traffic at the Budapest airport reached a new record: on December 27, this year's 16 millionth passenger crossed the gates of the terminal – for the first time in its history. Thus, the Liszt Ferenc International Airport remains one of the fastest growing airports in the region […]

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The Hungarian air ticket portal repjegy.hu conducted a survey among the Hungarian public this fall, as to what destinations Hungarians would prefer to travel to. This is the fourth time this survey has asked tens of thousands of internet users: “If you could travel anywhere in the world, what place would you choose? Based on […]

A modern fast catamaran – with 160 paying customers on board – was in Budapest this past week-end for a sight-seeing trip connecting the Austrian and Hungarian capitals on the Danube. After a successful trial, at least three similar trips will be organized next year. The Twin City Liner has been traveling between Vienna and […]

Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec addressed representatives of the Slovenian and Hungarian tourism industry Monday at the traditional Slovenia Tourism Promotion Event organized by the Slovenian Tourist Board. The politician highlighted that 24% more Hungarian tourists visited Slovenia in 2018 than in the previous year. "Slovenia is a green country with a wealth of natural […]

Taiwan-based five-star airline EVA Air has chosen the Hungarian office of Central European Aviation Solutions Ltd. (CEAS) for sales and marketing. Representing the airline's Vienna office at the announcement in Budapest were Edward Ho. Herbert Hsieh and Philipp Wagner. EVA Air’s Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Edward Ho, said he trusted the cooperation would […]

Qatar Airways held a press conference in Doha to celebrate the launch of its inaugural flight to Langkawi, Malaysia. The four-times-weekly flights to Langkawi will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, expanding to five-times weekly from October 27 this year. Hosting the event, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker highlighted the award-winning […]