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Budapest will increase the airport bus ticket price drastically
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Based on a proposal the Municipal Council of Budapest will decide next Wednesday about, the ticket and season ticket system of the capital will significantly change from April. That concerns even the airport shuttle bus 100E commuting between the downtown Deák Ferenc Square and the Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
Significant price increase again
According to telex.hu, five tickets and travelcards will be terminated. Furthermore, the municipal council will increase the price of the 100E airport shuttle bus popular among foreign tourists visiting Hungary’s magnificent capital. And that is not just information the Hungarian press picked up from corridor gossip. The plan was announced by Ambrus Kiss, Budapest’s deputy mayor.
District mayors and councillors of the municipal council are to discuss the proposal at the February session. If they accept the proposal, the ticket price for the 100E bus connecting Budapest’s airport with its downtown will increase by HUF 700 (EUR 1.82).
The measure will enter into effect from 1 April, the start of the tourism season. The price will go up from HUF 1,500 to HUF 2,200 (EUR 5.73).
According to the proposal’s preamble, the price rise will not harm the service’s popularity. BKK, Budapest’s transport company, increased prices in 2022 for the last time. In 2017, when the 100E airport shuttle bus started service, a ticket cost HUF 900. That was increased to HUF 1,500 in 2022.
Hungary is becoming a very expensive tourist destination. I am sure tourists will find better and cheaper alternatives….we will see a drastic decrease in the number of tourists this year.
“Populism” (which is a codeword for doing what the people/voters actually want) is oh-so terrible a thing, but give power to the Left, and you get this.