With load factors reaching 81.3%, ten of Budapest’s largest carriers, including Wizz Air, Ryanair, Lufthansa and easyJet, registered their highest number of passengers in July.
The run of success at Budapest Airport has hit new heights, with the Hungarian gateway bursting through the monthly one million passenger mark in July. The airport has never achieved the elusive milestone until this summer, making it the busiest month in its history. With passenger traffic growth continuing to be double-digit, just over one million passengers will have travelled through the airport this month, recording a 12% year-on- year increase, and again exceeding another record previously established last July.
Growth in passenger figures has been driven primarily by several new routes being added to the airport’s schedule in the first months of the year. With load factors reaching 81.3%, ten of Budapest’s largest carriers, including Wizz Air, Ryanair, Lufthansa and easyJet, registered their highest number of passengers in July.
“The popularity of new long-haul routes to Canada and China, along with the marked increase in summer flights to traditional Mediterranean destinations, have allowed us to witness great results,” commented Jost Lammers, CEO, Budapest Airport. He added: “We’re having a truly remarkable summer. It’s amazing to think of the numbers passing through our terminal, a clear signal that Budapest is an exciting to urism destination, as well as being able to offer our Hungarian travellers a great selection of destinations.”
Having recently achieved ‘Highly Commended’ in the five-to-ten million passengers’ category at the ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) Best Airport Awards, Budapest’s reputation is indisputably growing. The Central Eastern European airport was ranked among the best three airports in Europe, not only in passenger services, but also in management, commercial achievement and community relations.
Lammers continued: “Throughout 2015 we’ve seen passenger records smashed on a monthly basis, and now, having received yet another industry acknowledgement, our continuous efforts to make Budapest Airport one of the leading gateways in Europe are being recognised.”
Photo caption: Jost Lammers, CEO, Budapest Airport (second left) presents Orsolya Kali, the airport’s one millionth passenger this month, and her husband Tamas Hadik with some flowers and two return economy tickets on Qatar Airways. Grisha Jeknov (right), Qatar Airways’ Country Manager Eastern Europe was on hand to help with the celebrations… The lucky passengers were departing on the oneworld carrier’s daily service from Budapest to Doha.
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