Just six weeks into the new year and another new airline is added to the schedule of the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport. The new direct service between Budapest and Shymkent, Kazakhstan, will be operated by SCAT Airlines from May 27, the airport operator, Budapest Airport says in a statement. SCAT Airlines will operate […]
Budapest Airport, the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport and part of VINCI Airports’ network, has announced the launch of new Jet2.com flights from Budapest to East Midlands Airport and Newcastle in England. The two new destinations will be added to the airline’s current services to Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds Bradford in […]
The airline Wizz Air broke its own passenger traffic record again in 2024, carrying 63 million passengers on almost 300,000 flights, a 23% increase compared to 2023, the airline told MTI on Thursday. In 2024, 6.4 million passengers travelled from Hungary with Wizz Air, a 23% increase compared to 2023. Last year, Wizz Air launched […]
A direct flight is to be launched between Budapest and Kuwait City, courtesy of Jazeera Airways. The memorandum of understanding on this was signed in January between the airline and the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, Budapest Airport, the latter one has announced in a statement. The flights will operate from […]
New research from 'Compare the Market' reveals the world’s best airports for parking based on the auto theft rate and average pricing. Regarding national car theft rate, the best position on the list is occupied by the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary takes the top spot overall, […]
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that 35,762 young Europeans, including 787 Hungarians, will receive free European train tickets this spring under the European Union's DiscoverEU program. According to the Brussels-based information, the winners of the latest DiscoverEU program, part of the EU's Erasmus+ program, will be able to travel across Europe from March 1, […]
The Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital recorded extremely strong passenger traffic in November, with a total of 1,401,245 passengers using it, which is not only 22% higher than last year’s figures, but also 10% higher than the previous record-breaking November of 2019. At the same time, cargo traffic hit all-time high, the […]
Preparations for the construction of the new terminal have started this year. “Based on the results so far, we can already see that we will handle a record number of passengers at the airport by the end of this year, which is not surprising, as Budapest and Hungary are becoming increasingly popular worldwide and more […]
The European arm of Airports Council International (ACI Europe) ranked Ferenc Liszt International Airport as the fastest growing European airport in October in terms of passenger traffic, the airport’s operator, Budapest Airport, powered by VINCI Airports, says in a statement. Passenger numbers in the first ten months of the year at the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc […]
The bazaars of Marrakech, the Guggenheim Museum, Parisian romance, the famous Pink City are some of the new destinations offered by Budapest Airport’s winter schedule with nine new flights. As statement by the company, which is the operator of Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, and is part of VINCI Airports, points out for the lovers […]
The Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport's performance is set to explode in 2024. In the first eight months of the year, passenger traffic grew by 18.6% (to 11.4 million people) and cargo by 49.7% (to more than 184,000 tons), meaning that the airport is on track to break all previous records, according to a […]
This year’s travel season is still in full swing, but behind the scenes planning for next year is already well underway at Ferenc Liszt International Airport. In addition to attracting new exciting destinations and developing the airport, preparations are focused on celebrating a very important anniversary: Ferenc Liszt International Airport turns 75 on May 7, […]
In the 2024/25 winter schedule starting on October 27, there will be four flights a week on the Beijing - Budapest route, the airline's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. In the winter schedule, the airline continues to fly once a week between Chongqing and the Hungarian capital, also with […]
Breaking the all-time record for June, more than 1.5 million passengers used Ferenc Liszt International Airport in the sixth month of the year. This brings the total traffic for the first half of the year to 7.9 million passengers, which is almost 7% higher than the first half of 2019, the record year before the […]
Low budget air carrier Wizz Air will launch four new flights this fall thanks to the expansion of its fleet in Budapest: from October it will be directly accessible by plane to Genoa, Girona, Marrakech, and from December to Memmingen. In addition, Wizz Air is increasing the frequency of its flights on several popular routes, […]
