Budapest Airport CEO shared when American flights will come back: sooner than you would think

Kam Jandu revealed when the long-expected Transatlantic direct flights would return to Hungary, and they will be back sooner than you would think.

Budapest Airport CEO interview

Mr Jandu gave a 44-minute-long exclusive interview to the International Airport Review (IAR) TV. They discussed his background in aviation, the airport’s recovery, their plans for route development, passenger experience initiatives, their sustainability targets, his challenges and opportunities, as well as his ambitions as the new airport CEO. “In the past four years, we have spent over a quarter of a billion euros improving and enhancing the facilities that we have”, Mr Jandu said.

According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news outlet, Mr Jandu talked about the return of Transatlantic flights to Budapest Airport. We wrote multiple times that the US-Hungary and Canada-Hungary relationships are frozen because of political differences concerning mainly the ongoing Russian invasion and war in Ukraine. The Hungarian government believes the USA and their Western allies should not give weapons to Kyiv. Instead, they should make efforts to reach a ceasefire and sign a peace deal as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the Biden administration thinks PM Orbán follows pro-Russia and pro-China policies by e.g. sitting down with both Putin and Xi Jinpin in Beijing, buying Russian energy or letting Chinese investments come to Hungary.

The US government issued several anti-Hungary measures in the last few months. For example, they unilaterally terminated a crucial agreement avoiding double taxation and limited visa exemptions for Hungarians. Furthermore, there are additional US sanctions on the horizon, impacting even travel rules. We wrote about them HERE.