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Jan 15, 2015 (newstodate): Hungary's Budapest Airport is an illustrative example of the fact that a country's aviation business can thrive without a national carrier.
In 2014, the airport noted a record-high total of 9,155,961 passengers, increasing seven percent, y-o-y, and estimates for further increases and a sustained build-up of routes, carriers and destinations are bright for 2015 as well.
Already announced are nine new routes and three new airlines at the airport in 2015, boding well for an increase in passenger volumes to exceed 9.6 mio passengers this year.
Vueling and Ryanair will open new routes, SAS is returning to the route connecting with Stockholm, and Wizz Air will allocate its ninth Airbus aircraft to its base at Budapest to add services to four new destinations.
Starting from June 18, 2015, the airport will also see the return of Transatlantic services with Air Transat to start flights on the route from Montreal, Canada.
In addition, 11 carriers are also to increase frequencies on existing routes at Budapest Airport in 2015.
The country's earlier national carrier Malev went bankrupt by the start of 2012, causing a temporary short-fall of capacity at the airport that was, however, soon filled up by the entry of a host of new players.
In 2014, the airport noted a record-high total of 9,155,961 passengers, increasing seven percent, y-o-y, and estimates for further increases and a sustained build-up of routes, carriers and destinations are bright for 2015 as well.
Already announced are nine new routes and three new airlines at the airport in 2015, boding well for an increase in passenger volumes to exceed 9.6 mio passengers this year.
Vueling and Ryanair will open new routes, SAS is returning to the route connecting with Stockholm, and Wizz Air will allocate its ninth Airbus aircraft to its base at Budapest to add services to four new destinations.
Starting from June 18, 2015, the airport will also see the return of Transatlantic services with Air Transat to start flights on the route from Montreal, Canada.
In addition, 11 carriers are also to increase frequencies on existing routes at Budapest Airport in 2015.
The country's earlier national carrier Malev went bankrupt by the start of 2012, causing a temporary short-fall of capacity at the airport that was, however, soon filled up by the entry of a host of new players.