Budapest Airport’s latest new airline, Laudamotion, launches its twice-weekly link to Stuttgart, firmly establishing Germany as the Hungarian gateway’s largest country market served. Celebrating the inaugural flight in traditional stylewith the crewwereEszter Almasi, Airline Development Manager, Budapest Airport and Mario Scholl, Ground Operations Manager, Laudamotion (right).
Ryanair’s Lisbon service complements the existing operations of TAP Air Portugal and Wizz Air which both presently serve the route on a year-round basis.
Budapest Airport can confirm that Ryanair, which has recently announced new routes to Bordeaux and Toulouse, will also commence its first Portuguese operations from the airport for W19/20, adding new flights to Lisbon and Porto. Flights to Lisbon will operate three times weekly, while Porto will be served twice-weekly. The decision by the Irish ultra-low-cost carrier to add these routes will result in a further 49,000 seats being added to the Budapest market next winter, with these Portuguese links becoming Ryanair’s 43rd and 44th routes from the Hungarian capital.
“Last year the number of passengers travelling between Budapest and Portugal grew by 32%, with the direct market now accommodating over 210,000 passengers per annum,” comments Balazs Bogats, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport. “The route to Lisbon itself witnessed an impressive 41% traffic volume increase in 2018, so we are thrilled that Ryanair has confirmed that it will begin its first routes to Portugal from Budapest as the market continues to thrive. These service additions give passengers even more choice and flexibility to visit one of Europe’s most beautiful countries, whether for business or pleasure, while also offering more flexibility for those wanting to travel to Budapest from Portugal as well.”
Ryanair’s Lisbon service complements the existing operations of TAP Air Portugal and Wizz Air which both presently serve the route on a year-round basis. It means there will be up to 10 weekly departures on the 2,478-kilometre sector from Budapest next winter. Along with Lisbon, the number of flights operated to Porto will double, with Wizz Air already serving the route twice-weekly on a year-round basis. The latter operator also offers a twice-weekly summer seasonal route to Faro on the Algarve Coast, showing that Budapest has a great offering for passengers wanting to explore any part of Portugal.
Ryanair continues to go from strength-to-strength at Budapest, with the airline poised to launch seven new routes from the airport this summer, including Bari, Cagliari, Cork, Palma de Mallorca, Rimini, Seville and Thessaloniki. The airline is expected to operate 19% more weekly flights from the airport in S19 versus last summer. The ramp-up of operations by the airline comes at a time when Budapest continues to become the leading gateway to Eastern Europe, handling 14.8 million passengers a year.
Also, welcoming its first new airline of the year, Budapest Airport has marked the arrival of low-cost carrier (LCC), Laudamotion, onto its roll call ahead of the summer season. Celebrating the commencement of the airline’s twice-weekly link to Stuttgart, one of Germany’s largest cities, the Hungarian gateway becomes one of Laudamotion’s first chosen city destinations.
As Budapest’s largest country market served, the addition of Laudamotion’s new operation will see the airport offer more than 120 weekly services to the Western European country during S19. “As Budapest Airport’s 700m euros airport development programme starts to take shape, it is the arrival of not just new routes but new airline partners too, that will ensure we remain as committed to delivering excellent services and a memorable experience to all travellers as well as our partners,” says Balazs Bogats.
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