The low-cost carrier is owned by Turkish Airlines.

Its 189-seat Boeing 737-800 planes will fly three times a week on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport.

AnadoluJet will serve food to all passengers on the flights.

The number of destinations available from Budapest has reached pre-pandemic levels again, and new routes and flights are expected to start during the summer, said Balázs Bogáts, head of flight development at Budapest Airport.

At present, no other discount airline operates flights between Budapest and Istanbul.