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 […]
Budapest Airport will increase the annual air cargo handling capacity of Liszt Ferenc International Airport from the current 250,000 tons to 300,000 tons with the expansion of Bud Cargo City, René Droese, Deputy Chief Development Officer of Budapest Airport, said on Wednesday at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Cargo City Handling building expansion. Bud Cargo […]
The Hungarian oil and gas company Mol, the airliner Wizz Air and Liszt Ferenc International Airport are testing a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blend. The fuel was purchased by Mol from the Finnish company Neste. Wizz Air's flight to Paris took off on Wednesday filled with this fuel as part of the test. At the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It is important for Budapest Airport that the employees of the BUD group should be able to count on the company even in difficult economic circumstances, which is why the airport operator increased the salaries of its employees by an average of 13% last March and by 10% in October, in an extraordinary procedure, bringing […]
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, […]
A new activity will be added to the responsibilities of the operator of Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport from the fall: the management company Budapest Airport will establish its own industrial fire service, a fire brigade of its own staff with a large headcount and one of the best-equipped airport fire bases in Europe. As […]
Last September, the ‘For The Neighbors Of Budapest Airport Foundation’, with the support of Budapest Airport, launched the largest ever noise protection program which offers the most noise abatement solutions for residents, to a value of HUF 1.2 billion over three years. The aim of the program is to reduce noise burdens for people living […]
2022 was an extremely challenging, yet very successful year for the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the operator company Budapest Airport reports. The airport recovered 75% of its pre-COVID passenger traffic, added brand new destinations to its schedule and became a regional leader in quality, while air cargo volumes hit unprecedented records. A number […]
In 2022, Budapest Airport, the management company of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, applied for the European Union’s CEF 2 Transport - Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility funding program with its Net Zero Airport project, and a grant contract for the installation of 83 charging stations and 102 charging points was recently signed, the […]
In addition to making its own operations sustainable and reducing its emissions, Budapest Airport, the management company of the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, is also working to protect local natural assets, according to a statement by the company. At the end of November, five hundred tree saplings were planted in the Börzsöny mountains, […]
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 completion of the DANOVA project, Ferenc Liszt International Airport has become the first European airport to provide an independent indoor navigation application for blind and visually impaired passengers. Thanks to the development, implemented with EU funding, unaccompanied orientation and navigation at Budapest's main airport has become easier for users than ever before. A […]
