As Budapest Airport’s blistering summer schedule is launched this weekend, the Hungarian gateway continues its route network expansion into the winter timetable with Ryanair. Confirming the addition of another six new services – Catania, Gothenburg, Lappeenranta, Luxembourg, Poznan and Tel Aviv – the low-cost carrier (LCC) will be offering a total of 46 routes from Budapest during the winter season.
Launching 15 new winter routes in total, the airline’s additions will see three new destinations on Budapest’s route map. Facing no competition on its new operations to Lappeenranta, Luxembourg and Poznan, Ryanair will be providing further variety to passengers travelling to and from Hungary.
“In just three years Ryanair has come close to doubling the number of passengers it has welcomed to Budapest Airport as early forecasts predict the carrier will deliver more than three million travellers to our gateway in 2019,” says Balázs Bogáts, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport. “Even before this summer season has begun, it’s great to announce that Ryanair will once again be enriching our route network from the winter with new destinations, as well as increased services on proven successful routes.”
As the LCC also confirms frequency increases on its existing links to Berlin Schönefeld (nine times weekly), Copenhagen (daily), London Stansted (25 times weekly), Milan Bergamo (11 times weekly) and Prague (nine times weekly), an estimated over 3 million Ryanair customers will pass through Budapest throughout the summer and winter seasons, recording a robust growth of 17% and significantly reinforcing the airline’s growth at the Hungarian capital city airport.
