Budapest is one of three passenger airports in Hungary, a relatively small country in Central and Eastern Europe. It had a record 17.6 million passengers in 2024, up by nearly 9% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. It was among the region’s fastest-growing large airports. 10 airlines joined Budapest’s ranks in 2024/2025, but Wizz […]
June 23, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
According to Cirium data, Europe has flights to 108 long-haul countries in Q3 2024 (July-September). There are 39.5 million available departing seats, down by only 0.8% compared to the pre-pandemic Q3 2019. India’s strong growth (+56%) has particularly helped the recovery, which is nearly over at the collective level. It is different at the country […]
August 7, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Prior to the pandemic, Central Europe’s four busiest airports were Warsaw WAW (18.9 million passengers in 2019), Prague (17.8 million), Budapest (16.2 million) and Bucharest (14.7 million). According to ACI Europe figures they ranked 36th, 39th, 41st and 46th among all European airports. Three of them had grown by around 6% versus 2018, while Budapest […]
October 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story