The number of flights HungaroControl's air traffic controllers managed in Hungarian airspace rose 8.2% to 1,245,813 in 2025, the state-owned company told MTI on Monday. Overflights, that is, transit traffic accounted for nearly 85% of air traffic in Hungary, reflecting the country's key transit role in European air transport. HungaroControl expects further traffic growth in […]

HungaroControl's air traffic controllers (ATCs) managed 950,926 flights in Hungarian airspace in January-September, 7% more than in the same period a year earlier, the state-owned company said on Tuesday. The most notable month was August, with 137,374 aircraft. According to forecasts, the expected annual traffic volume could reach 1.2-1.3 million aircraft. Despite the significant increase […]

A recruitment campaign by HungaroControl has been acknowledged in a number of international contests, the state-owned air traffic controller said on Friday. The "Five from a hundred! Are you one of them?" campaign took a Stevie International Business Award in the communications campaign category, it won first prize in the visual story-telling category of the […]

The Hungarian air navigation service provider, HungaroControl Plc., reported on Thursday that traffic in Hungary's airspace increased significantly over the Easter period compared to the same period last year, the service provider told MTI. The Easter long weekend is a special period in air traffic, when the traffic in Hungarian airspace usually exceeds the average […]

HungaroControl recorded record traffic in Hungary's airspace in 2024 with 1 million 143,937 aircraft, of which almost 84% were overflights, and strong traffic is expected to continue this year, the Hungarian air traffic service provider told MTI on Wednesday. It was recalled that HungaroControl was the first in Europe to abolish the air route network […]

Never before has the volume of traffic in Hungary's airspace been as high as in 2024, with HungaroControl's experts handling more than 1.1 million aircraft in the year, almost 6% more than in the previous year, the Hungarian air traffic service provider told MTI on Thursday. According to the information, the year 2024 brought the […]

The Hungarian air traffic service HungaroControl is committed to helping those in need, so at the beginning of March it organised a collection among its employees to help those fleeing the war. The company doubled the donation of around HUF 4 million, giving a total of HUF 8 million to help refugees in Ukraine through […]

According to a government decree published in the official Hungarian Gazette Monday night, "there is no room for a strike (…) at the organization responsible for air traffic control services", and the decree will remain in force until the end of the emergency. Signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the decree came out after a […]

One of the most significant investments of the Hungarian air trafic control firm HungaroControl has been completed, where the company's air navigation and voice communication systems and controller working positions have been completely renewed in the last six months. Thanks to the development, controllers will continue to be able to ensure flight safety from one […]

During an online award ceremony held this week, Budapest Airport honored airport partners who made outstanding contributions to the sustainability of the airport and of aviation over the past year, despite the negative impacts of the global pandemic on aviation. It is now more than five years since the airport operator launched the Greenairport program, […]

The Hungarian air traffic service HungaroControl is updating its air navigation and voice communication systems, and is also renovating the control room equipment handed over in 2012. As the first step of the project, air traffic control was moved to the emergency center from Monday to Tuesday night, and the specialists are expected to perform […]

HungaroControl Co. Ltd. has received the Transport Company of the Year award from the 170-year-old Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) in recognition of the Company's outstanding activities in the field of aviation. BKIK presented the award to the Hungarian air traffic service in recognition of the company's exemplary activities in the framework of […]