Hungarian international airport dismantles runways, new flights to North Africa possible

The owners of the second biggest Hungarian international airport hope that, thanks to the dismantling of some taxiways near the runways, the air gate will become safer. Meanwhile, direct flights may connect Hungary with a North African tourist paradise.

According to Budflyer, Zsolt Németh, the head of the Hungarian parliament’s foreign relations committee, was in Morocco negotiating a direct air connection between the African tourist paradise and Budapest. The last time such an option served Hungarian passengers was before 2018: Ryanair flew to Marrakesh, while Wizz Air flew to Agadir. Morocco is a white patch currently on Budapest Airport’s map, having great possibilities concerning tourism potential.

The summer season has started at the international airport of Debrecen, dehir.hu, one of the city’s news outlets, wrote. The air gate offers flights to the most popular destinations for Hungarian holidaymakers: Türkiye, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Tel-Aviv (Israel). Furthermore, they began to dismantle some runways currently not in use to make the airport safer.

CEO believes the airport will become safer

The southern taxiway of the international airport of Debrecen has not been used since the end of international air traffic in 2001. A taxiway is a path for aircraft at an airport connecting runways with aprons, hangars, terminals and other facilities. In May, they started to dismantle the taxiway since its cover deteriorated significantly. According to the plans, the airport operator will eliminate 200,000 sqm of the old concrete road for HUF 50 million (EUR 135,700). All costs will be covered by the airport.