Budapest Airport is the 5-time winner of the best East European airport title

International air transport organisation Skytrax has announced the latest ranking of the world’s top airports based on surveys filled out by passengers around the globe during the 2017/2018 period. The Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport became the winner of the best Eastern European airport title for the 5th time in consecutive years which is the crowning achievement of the dedicated work of all the people working at the airport, report Turizmus.com and Airportal.hu.

Skytrax is a prestigious London-based consultancy that annually sets up its list of the world’s best airports. The fact that the airport of Budapest became the best Eastern European airport for the 5th time is the result of the work of many people who make the constant development of the airport possible, emphasised Jost Lammers, Chief Executive Officer of the airport. Furthermore, he expressed his joy in the following way:

“I am extremely proud of the airport team since in the history of the Skytrax Award, there has been no precedent for an airport receiving this title in five consecutive years. Furthermore, it is only the icing on the cake that last year, the number of passengers augmented with two million people compared to the previous year. The Budapest Airport is one of the fastest developing airports in Europe, and besides the constant expansion, it is also capable of providing excellent services for passengers.”

As Kam Jandu, Chief Commercial Officer at Budapest Airport highlighted at the award ceremony in Stockholm: this honour is also great feedback to the airport indicating that the ongoing development extends the diversity of services offered to the passengers and provides good travelling experience to them.

The increased passenger traffic witnessed in the last few years also justifies the need for the 5-year-long BUD 2020 airport development program launched to satisfy the growing demand.

An important part of this project is the construction of a 10,000 sqm passenger pier that is most probably going to be inaugurated in the summer of 2018.

Furthermore, 1,000 new parking spaces were constructed in the parking lot in the framework of the project, but the most visible improvement is undoubtedly the construction of 11 additional check-in desks and a new waiting room serving the comfort of passengers.