Travel - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:37:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png Travel - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 Passenger Traffic at Budapest’s Main Airport Up in August https://dteurope.com/travel/passenger-traffic-at-budapests-main-airport-up-in-august/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:32:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81586 Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport handled 2,137,301 passengers in August of this year, a 12.3% increase compared to the same period last year, Budapest Airport announced on Friday. Total passenger traffic for the summer months was 6.2 million, exceeding all previous summer figures and representing a 13.7% increase over last year. In August, the most […]

The post Passenger Traffic at Budapest’s Main Airport Up in August appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Wizz Air to Restart Direct Flights to the Middle East https://dteurope.com/travel/wizz-air-to-restart-direct-flights-to-the-middle-east/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:44:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81486 Budapest-based low-fare carrier Wizz Air will restart scheduled direct flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Amman, the airline announced on Wednesday. It will restart the Budapest-Amman flight on September 22. The flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Jeddah will restart during the last week of October. According to the announcement, Wizz Air is gradually […]

The post Wizz Air to Restart Direct Flights to the Middle East appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> EuroVelo Cycle Path to Connect Győr with Budapest https://dteurope.com/travel/eurovelo-cycle-path-to-connect-gyor-with-budapest/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:51:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81233 Hungarian transport and investment minister Dávid Vitézy, has announced plans to build a continuous network of cycle paths connecting the city of Győr in the northwest of the country with the capital. As part of this, a direct cycle path from Komárom via Esztergom to the Danube Bend is being developed now in the framework […]

The post EuroVelo Cycle Path to Connect Győr with Budapest appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Connecting Hungary to the World Through Istanbul https://dteurope.com/travel/connecting-hungary-to-the-world-through-istanbul/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:06:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80721 As the airline flying to more countries than any other, Turkish Airlines continues to bring people, cultures and continents closer together through its unrivalled global network and award-winning travel experience. From Budapest, passengers can enjoy direct flights to Istanbul and seamless connections beyond, reaching hundreds of destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia […]

The post Connecting Hungary to the World Through Istanbul appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> HungaroControl ATCs Manage over 450,000 Flights in H1 https://dteurope.com/travel/hungarocontrol-atcs-manage-over-450000-flights-in-h1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:32:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80561 HungaroControl's air traffic controllers managed 452,414 flights in Hungarian airspace in January-June 2026, 1.8% fewer than in the same period a year earlier, the state-owned company said. June was the busiest month of the year so far with 97,232 flights. In the first six months the number of flights the ATCs managed that only passed […]

The post HungaroControl ATCs Manage over 450,000 Flights in H1 appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Wizz Air to Operate 1,200 Flights a Day This Summer https://dteurope.com/travel/wizz-air-to-operate-1200-flights-a-day-this-summer/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:06:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80349 Low-cost carrier Wizz Air will operate 1,200 flights a day across its entire network in the summer season, the company said in a statement. Wizz Air will add 15 new flights and 19 new aircraft, with capacity rising close to 3m this summer, up 30% from a year earlier. Based on the experience of recent […]

The post Wizz Air to Operate 1,200 Flights a Day This Summer appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Airport Traffic in Budapest Climbs 7% in May https://dteurope.com/travel/airport-traffic-in-budapest-climbs-7-in-may/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:37:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80341 Passenger number at the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport was at 1,822,483 in May, up by 7.1% compared to the same month a year earlier the facility's operator, Budapest Airport said in a statement this Friday. Most travellers arrived from London, Paris and Milan. The UEFA Champions League final was held in Budapest at […]

The post Airport Traffic in Budapest Climbs 7% in May appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Budapest Airport Gears Up for Busier Summer https://dteurope.com/travel/budapest-airport-gears-up-for-busier-summer/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:24:53 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80246 Summer passenger numbers at the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International are expected to climb over last year's 5.5 million, Francois Berisot, the CEO of the operator company Budapest Airport, told journalists on Friday. Forty-nine airlines are offering flights to 166 destinations from this airport this summer, Francois Berisot is quoted by MTI, highlighting new direct […]

The post Budapest Airport Gears Up for Busier Summer appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Hungary to Join European High-Speed Rail Initiative https://dteurope.com/travel/hungary-to-join-european-high-speed-rail-initiative/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:06:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80163 Hungary's government wants to participate in the shared effort to build up Europe's high-speed rail network, Hungarian Transportation and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said ahead of a meeting of his European Union peers in Luxembourg on Monday. In a social media post, quoted by MTI, the minister stated that Hungary also wanted to be a […]

The post Hungary to Join European High-Speed Rail Initiative appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Regular Budapest-Toronto Flight Launched https://dteurope.com/travel/regular-toronto-budapest-flight-launched/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:24:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80135 The launch of a regular flight between Budapest and Toronto is a sign that "transport relations between Hungary and North America have reached a new level," Parliamentary State Secretary at the Hungarian Ministry of Transport and Investment, Zsolt Tárkányi said in Budapest on Saturday, MTI reports. Speaking at a press conference after the arrival of […]

The post Regular Budapest-Toronto Flight Launched appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Stable Passenger Traffic at Budapest's Main Airport https://dteurope.com/travel/stable-passenger-traffic-at-budapests-main-airport/ Wed, 27 May 2026 13:09:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79923 Passenger traffic at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital remained stable in April; the airport handled 1,675,522 passengers, representing a 0.7% increase compared to the same period last year, the airport operator Budapest Airport says in a statement. In the first four months of the year, a total of 5,831,907 passengers passed […]

The post Stable Passenger Traffic at Budapest's Main Airport appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Kerosene Supply Stable and Uninterrupted in Hungary https://dteurope.com/travel/kerosene-supply-stable-and-uninterrupted-in-hungary/ Mon, 25 May 2026 12:01:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79898 Domestic aviation fuel supply is stable and uninterrupted, the oil and gas company Mol announced. According to its statement, the company is continuously ensuring the necessary kerosene supply for airports and their partners, supply chains are operating securely, and no disruptions are expected, the news portal telex.hu reported this Monday. The site also quotes from […]

The post Kerosene Supply Stable and Uninterrupted in Hungary appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Budapest Airport Prepared for UEFA Champions League Final https://dteurope.com/travel/budapest-airport-prepared-for-uefa-champions-league-final/ Mon, 25 May 2026 07:09:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79890 In addition to the teams, tens of thousands of fans and guests will arrive in Budapest for this highly anticipated global event, traveling on both chartered and commercial flights. In addition to its usual daily passenger traffic, Budapest Airport, the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, will need to handle tens of […]

The post Budapest Airport Prepared for UEFA Champions League Final appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Direct Budapest-USA Flight Resumes after Six Years https://dteurope.com/travel/direct-budapest-usa-flight-resumes-after-six-years/ Thu, 21 May 2026 08:01:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79807 After a six-year hiatus, a direct daily flight once again connects the United States and Hungary from this Thursday. American Airlines' schedule includes the seasonal flight between Philadelphia and Budapest until October 5, MTI reports. The dominant American airliner originally launched its direct seasonal flight to Budapest in 2018, but in 2020, air traffic stopped […]

The post Direct Budapest-USA Flight Resumes after Six Years appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]> Budapest's Main Airport Prepared for Champions League Final https://dteurope.com/travel/budapests-main-airport-prepared-for-champions-league-final/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:54:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79835 Budapest Airport, the operator of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport in the Hungarian capital, has been working for months with the authorities and relevant organizations to ensure the smooth handling of airport operations related to the UEFA Champions League final in Budapest; Terminal 1 will operate as a fully functional terminal during the event, and […]

The post Budapest's Main Airport Prepared for Champions League Final appeared first on Diplomacy & Trade.

]]>