Passenger Traffic at Budapest's Main Airport Near Record

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 airport operator Budapest Airport, part of the VINCI Airports network, reports.

Remarkably, the airport’s passenger traffic has broken records every month this year, exceeding the 2022 full year total by September. By November, passenger traffic not only surpassed the 2023 12-month total by 1.3 million passengers, but also exceeded 16 million, approaching the previous record total from 2019.

The most popular destinations in November were London, Milan and Paris.

The volume of cargo handled also set a record in November, with 31,121 tons handled in Budapest, 40.1% more than in the same period last year. The 271,962 tons of goods handled in the first eleven months of the year not only exceeded last year’s total by 49%, but has already surpassed the total volume handled in 2023.

As with passenger traffic, air cargo volumes in each month of the year have exceeded the volumes registered in the same periods of the previous year.