Budapest Airport welcomes 2 new flights and a British café’s grand debut

British budget airlines operating flights between the UK and European, Asian, American and African destinations announced two new flights from Budapest Airport to destinations in England. Meanwhile, the British SOHO Coffee opened its first Hungarian café at Budapest Airport. Moreover, Wizz Air cancelled flights from Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș) to London.

2 new flights from Budapest Airport

According to Budflyer, a Hungarian travel news media outlet, the British Jet2 announced two new flights connecting Budapest Airport with English destinations East Midlands and Newcastle. The flights will appear in their 2025-2026 winter schedule. The East Midlands flight will operate between 10 October and 27 April twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. The Newcastle flight will carry passengers between 9 October and 26 April, on Thursdays and Sundays.

Jet 2 flights from Budapest Airport
Photo: FB/Budflyer

SOHO Coffee opened 1st Hungarian café at Budapest Airport

Budflyer also wrote that the UK-based SOHO Coffee chain opened its first shop at Budapest Airport, the first in Hungary. That is their 12th airport café worldwide. In their statement, they said the café opening was an important milestone in the expansion of the chain. SOHO Coffee focuses on premium coffees and fresh foods and is becoming a more and more appreciated trademark in Europe and beyond. The operator of the Budapest café is the SSP Group.

SOHO Coffee Budapest Airport
SOHO Coffee at Budapest Airport. Photo: FB/Budflyer

Wizz Air London flights suspended from Marosvásárhely

According to Maszol, Wizz Air suspended their flights between Marosvásárhely, a city in Central Romania populated by more than 40 thousand Hungarians (35% of the total population), and London. András Peti, the director of the Transilvania Airport, said the decision was unilateral, and Wizz Air did not comment on the decision, as they regularly fail to provide explanations. Maszol wrote the Hungarian low-cost airline operated 5 Budapest and 3 London flights from “Szeklerland’s capital.”

The Hungarian news outlet suggested the Hungarian airline decided on the cancellation due to the low passenger numbers on the route. Mr Peti said they have regional competitors (Kolozsvár – Cluj Napoca, Szeben – Sibiu, Brassó – Brasov), which all have scheduled flights to London.

The last London flight will take off in March. From April, only the Budapest flights will remain from Marosvásárhely, but in June, charter flights will also commute from there to Antalya and later to Crete.

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