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May 04, 2018 (newstodate): Devoid of direct non-stop connections to North America since 2011, Hungary's Budapest Airport is now online with New York again.
Providing the new service is the Polish carrier LOT that is thus also setting up its first direct non-stop Transatlantic service from outside Poland for the first time in its history.
LOT performed its first flight on the route departing from Budapest Airport to New York JFK on May 4, 2018, and is now offering four weekly year-around Boeing 787-8 services.
Adding to that, LOT is also opening flights from Budapest to Chicago from tomorrow, May 5, 2018, with two weekly rotations on the route.
Budapest Airport lost its Transatlantic routes as the former Hungarian national carrier Malev folded its wings by the end of 2011 after 66 years of continuous operation under the pressure by the EU Commission to repay what was ruled illegal state subsidies.
Providing the new service is the Polish carrier LOT that is thus also setting up its first direct non-stop Transatlantic service from outside Poland for the first time in its history.
LOT performed its first flight on the route departing from Budapest Airport to New York JFK on May 4, 2018, and is now offering four weekly year-around Boeing 787-8 services.
Adding to that, LOT is also opening flights from Budapest to Chicago from tomorrow, May 5, 2018, with two weekly rotations on the route.
Budapest Airport lost its Transatlantic routes as the former Hungarian national carrier Malev folded its wings by the end of 2011 after 66 years of continuous operation under the pressure by the EU Commission to repay what was ruled illegal state subsidies.