BREAKING: Budapest flights cancelled due to horrible weather!
Because of Storm Darragh, the Dutch Schiphol Airport cancelled hundreds of flights, including some coming to or arriving from Budapest Airport.
According to Reuters, the flights were cancelled due to the heavy winds at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Schiphol is one of Europe’s air travel hubs. Thus, problems at the airport have consequences for the entire continent. Additional flights have been delayed, some up to an hour.
“Due to strong winds caused by storm Darragh, fewer flights are expected to take off and land Friday, 6 December,” Schiphol (SCHP.UL) said.
According to the Hungarian News Agency, wind speed can reach 120 km/h but is and will be above 75 km/h everywhere in the Netherlands.
Santa Claus visited Budapest Airport
Santa Claus visited Budapest Airport today and surprised the visitors of Terminal 2 with small gifts. “Both young and old greeted him with sparkling eyes, and smiles on their faces, and now the snow is falling in large flakes; he brought it with him in his bag. Miracles do happen”, Budapest Airport wrote in a Facebook post. Here are some photos:
New cargo flight between Budapest and Hongkong
According to airportal.hu, the Huixin Aviation Service (HXAS) cargo flight will commute thrice a week between Hongkong and Budapest, serving companies with a Boeing 767-300ER (BDSF) type plane. Planes land in Almaty (Kazakhstan) for a technical stop. The first cargo plane landed at Budapest Airport on 4 December with 52 tonnes of cargo on board:
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