Korean Air, the national airline of South Korea, will offer two direct flights per week between Budapest and Seoul in the winter schedule, with frequency increases planned in the future. The carrier will operate the route with 269-seater Boeing B787-900 Dreamliners, on Mondays and Saturdays. Regardless of the travel class chosen, the fare includes meals […]
Proceeds of the Runway Run, the running race at the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, amounted to close to HUF 14 million this year. The airport's management company Budapest Airport handed over a part of the donation, 6.6 million HUF, to the SUHANJ! Foundation, while the remainder will be donated to Anthony Nolan, a […]
At its recent annual award ceremony in London, Air Cargo News, one of the largest international cargo agencies, Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport has received this year’s accolade, dubbed the Oscars of the aviation industry, in the ‘Cargo Hub of the Year’ category. Cargo received huge recognition at the prestigious Air Cargo News Awards 2022, […]
The growth in passenger numbers, typical of the summer months, continued in August, with a total of 1,299,814 passengers passing through Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. August was thus the third month in a row when passenger traffic reached or exceeded 80% of the record-breaking 2019 volume before the coronavirus pandemic, and the fourth month […]
In the spirit of quality and sustainability, developments at Ferenc Liszt International Airport have continued in 2022. In the first half of the year, the airport management company Budapest Airport says it spent a total of more than HUF 5.3 billion on various infrastructure and sustainability projects, bringing the total value of the past three […]
More and more people are choosing to fly again; passenger traffic at Ferenc Liszt International Airport reached 1,294,608 in July, 80% of the level before the pandemic in 2019 and up by more than 140% compared to the same period last year. The management company Budapest Airport says it prepared for the summer period both […]
The summer season at the Hungraian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport started with passenger traffic exceeding one million again in June 2022, with 1,208,169 passengers, according to the latest bulletin published by the facility's management company Budapest Airport. The airport returned to 82% of the 2019 figures, meaning that the airport is approaching the pre-pandemic […]
In September, Budapest Airport will launch its largest residential noise insulation program, featuring many services and a budget of around HUF 1.2 billion over three years. The aim of the program, which has been running for more than ten years and will be expanded from fall 2022, is to reduce the noise burden for people […]
The onset of the summer season, the dynamic growth of post-Covid air traffic and the unprecedented staff shortage across Europe is creating huge challenges for airports across the continent. For weeks now, there have been reports of flight cancellations, delayed departures and arrivals, and ground handling disruptions. Thus, Budapest Airport, the management company of the […]
The Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport has once again been named the "best airport in Eastern Europe" at the 2022 World Airport Awards for the ninth consecutive year. The award was presented during a ceremony at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Paris. A press release by the airport menegment company Budapest Airport says the […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport reached its highest passenger volume in two years in May, with passenger traffic exceeding one million during the fifth month of the year, according to the latest airport bulletin published by the airport management company Budapest Airport. To be precise, 1,095,597 passengers used Budapest’s main airport in May, an increase of […]
Budapest Airport, the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, opened a 120-square-meter airport playground at Minipolisz, on Király Street in downtown Budapest. From the last day of May, children will be able to try themselves as airport workers at the mini-city, where the airport environment will be complemented by a duty free […]
EUR 25 million more in revenues and 22 million EUR less in losses – this is a concise summary of Budapest Airport’s financial year 2021. Despite a 20% increase in passenger traffic last year and a 36% increase in air cargo volume compared to 2020, the company operating Ferenc Liszt International Airport ended the second […]
April was a record month for the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport in the sense that it achieved the highest passenger numbers in the 25 months since the outbreak of the pandemic. In the fourth month of the year, a total of 997,454 passengers used the airport, bringing the annual number of passengers to […]
Sustainability is a key focus area for Budapest Airport, the operator of Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, and, within that, e-mobility is one of the six most important pillars. This is why the airport operator has been placing a strong emphasis for years on the development of an electric charging network, both inside and outside […]
