Record Passenger Traffic at Budapest Airport in August
- 17 Sep 2024 5:35 AM
Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport is "in top form", with a nearly 20 percent increase in passenger transport and 50 percent increase in cargo registered in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period of last year, Mate Loga, a national economy ministry official and head of the Budapest Airport board of directors said.
The ministry cited Loga as saying that during the first eight months of 2024, passenger transport increased by 18.6 percent and freight transport by 49.7 percent, paving the way for a record-breaking year.
The figures show that Hungary and Budapest are increasingly attractive tourist destinations, and more Hungarians are travelling abroad than before, he added.
The airport registered 11.4 million passengers in January-August this year and over 184,000 tonnes of freight.
The most popular destinations in the first eight months were London, Istanbul, Milan, Paris and Brussels, he said.
The state acquired 80 percent of Budapest Airport in June 2024, with the remaining 20 percent owned by French co-investor VINCI.
Source:
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.
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