The first half of 2023 has been a strong period for Budapest Airport in all respects: the series of developments worth more than 100 billion HUF over the past 4.5 years and the outstanding quality of the airport ecosystem have been confirmed by numerous awards based on passenger feedback and the assessment of the airport […]
Hungarians' travel mood is unbroken, the favorable weather of the past few weeks has stimulated the booking mood, which was also reflected in the July saturation and had an impact on August bookings. Based on the latest data by the online accommodation intermediary Szallas.hu, the summer booking volume received so far is 19% below last […]
The number of MOL Bubi bike trips has exceeded six million, the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) told MTI on Wednesday. They wrote that the capital's residents have doubled the number of MOL Bubi trips in less than a year. They said that in the past year, the system added around 800 bicycles, new stations were […]
Budapest Airport, the management company of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital, achieved a profit last year after two years of record-breaking losses, managing to cut some of the accumulated loss it suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. The airport operator ended 2022 with a net profit of EUR 76.6 million on net […]
The renewed stations of metro line 3 at Lehel Square and Nagyvárad Square were inaugurated in Budapest on Monday morning and will be open to passengers in the early afternoon. The five-and-a-half-year reconstruction of the ‘blue’ metro line is now complete. Speaking at the opening of the last of the renovated stations at the final […]
The Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital has been ranked in the same category as Europe’s best airports, the management company Budapest Airport reports this Wednesday. The recognition is further validation for Budapest Airport and the airport community that the series of developments worth one hundred billion forints, implemented over the past four […]
The passenger center of Budapest's Keleti Railway Station has been renovated with HUF 1.9 billion, the project was financed by the government and the European Union, it was announced this Tuesday. The renovation of the 1,542-square-meter passenger center was aimed at bringing the capital's station up to modern standards for both passengers and staff. In […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport has been awarded the international WELL Health-Safety Rating. The rating confirms that its operator, Budapest Airport, is taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of passengers and staff. During the rating process, independent experts examined five focus areas at the passenger terminals (cleanliness, emergency preparedness, health, air and […]
Wizz Air has again, after 2020, won the Airline of the Year award at the Air Transport Awards, the company told MTI on Thursday. The award was personally accepted by CEO József Váradi at the gala evening in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday, they wrote. The Air Transport Awards annually honors outstanding performers in the air […]
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, […]
The railway passenger transportation company MÁV-Start has put into service all 40 KISS double-decker multiple units delivered to the company by Stadler under the framework contract signed in 2017, completing the railway company's fleet of double-decker multiple units. Zoltán Pafféri, Chairman and CEO of the mother company MÁV, stressed at a press conference at 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 […]
With the summer season over, passenger traffic at Ferenc Liszt International Airport is slowly decreasing, according to the latest bulletin published this Thursday by the airport's management company Budapest Airport. Although the monthly passenger number remained above one million in October, traffic compared to 2019 fell from 80-82% in the summer months to 79%. In […]
