Budapest Airport adds a LOT more to route map with a frequency increase to Seoul and two new European destinations

Budapest Airport’s launch of year-round service to Seoul Incheon with LOT Polish Airlines earlier this year significantly contributed to the Hungarian gateway’s Asia development. Today, just two months into the schedule, the airport celebrates the even stronger than expected demand to Seoul as the airline announces a frequency increase, operating four times weekly instead of three from next May.

BUD-ICN 12:25-06:05 (+1), Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
ICN-BUD 07:40-13:25, Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

Having witnessed close a to 40% increase in the Incheon-Budapest market since 2016, some 67,000 passengers flew from the Korean capital last year to Hungary’s capital. With a clear need for a non-stop link, the rapid frequency increase more than proves the high demand on the growing market.

Commenting on the frequency increase at today’s press conference, Kam Jandu, CCO, Budapest Airport said: “The success and continuous growth of our Asian network give us even more opportunity to open up Budapest to the world. The additional capacity on the Seoul service clearly shows the progression and growth of our networks.” He added: “While also announcing two more new links for Summer 2020, LOT’s continuous confidence in our market is helping us witness another great year for Budapest.”

Alongside the frequency increase announcement, Budapest has also confirmed the announcement of LOT’s 12^th and 13^th new routes, due to commence in Summer 20. Increasing the destinations on the airport’s own route map, the Polish airline will launch weekly services to Dubrovnik and Varna from 7 June 2020. Facing no competition on either of these services, LOT’s partnership with Budapest Airport continues to drive forward.

LO2571 BUD - DBV 07:00 - 08:15 ------7 E195
LO2572 DBV - BUD 08:55 - 10:10 ------7 E195

LO2631 BUD - VAR 12:30 - 15:05 ------7 E195
LO2632 VAR - BUD 15:45 - 16:20 ------7 E195

LOT Polish Airlines also added new destinations from its home base Warsaw.