Budapest Airport announces easyJet’s first link to the Netherlands, starting a thrice-weekly service to Amsterdam from 6 February 2017.
With the addition of the twice-weekly link to Algiers, the Central Eastern European airport will now offer more than 1,000 weekly seats to four of North Africa’s airports.
Having already added an exceptional 16 new destinations so far in 2016, Budapest Airport has today further expanded its route network by welcoming the arrival of a direct link to Africa’s largest nation in relation to land size, Algeria. The Hungarian gateway, which continues to record an average 10% passenger traffic growth per year, celebrated the commencement of the service with Air Algerie.
Utilising its fleet of 737-600s, the national airline of Algeria will face no direct competition on the 1,777-kilometre sector. With the addition of the twice-weekly link to Algiers, the Central Eastern European airport will now offer more than 1,000 weekly seats to four of North Africa’s airports, complementing existing services to Hurghada, Monastir and Cairo.
Welcoming Air Algerie’s inaugural flight, Jost Lammers, CEO, Budapest Airport said: “It’s always a great pleasure to welcome a new airline partner, especially one which adds such an attractive destination to our route network. Air Algerie’s service further enhances our links to North Africa, and the carrier re-joins us during another year which sees us continuing to outperform most European markets.”
Budapest Airport announces another link to Amsterdam
Budapest Airport’s ceaseless route network expansion has seen another link announced, this time to Amsterdam with easyJet. Commencing on 6 February 2017, the thrice-weekly service from Hungary’s gateway will provide an additional 500 weekly seats on the direct link to the Dutch capital. With the arrival of the low-cost carrier’s (LCC) service next year, Budapest will offer more than 4,000 weekly seats to Amsterdam.
Commenting on the LCC’s announcement, Balazs Bogats, Budapest Airport’s Head of Airline Development says: “easyJet’s announcement today is a great addition to our network. While KLM already serves the airport pair, easyJet’s operation will be Budapest’s first low-cost service to Amsterdam, which will target a completely different segment of passenger. The 150,000 annual passenger volume and 26% growth on the route prove that there is high demand between Budapest and Amsterdam.”
From next year, the LCC will operate eight routes from Hungary as the airline’s first route to the Netherlands from Budapest joins existing flights to London Gatwick, Berlin Schonefeld, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon, Basel, Venice Marco Polo and Geneva.
Photo caption: Budapest Airport welcomes the arrival of Air Algerie, celebrating the inaugural flight from Algeria.
Photo caption: Budapest Airport announces easyJet’s first link to the Netherlands, starting a thrice-weekly service to Amsterdam from 6 February 2017.
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