Delays: Hungarian government expects measures against ‘unacceptable conditions’ at Budapest Airport

The government is expecting immediate, swift and effective measures to tackle the “unacceptable conditions” at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (Budapest Airport), government spokeswoman Eszter Vitályos said on Saturday.

The past weeks have seen many flights delayed or cancelled Europe-wide, including Budapest, Vitályos said on Facebook.

She thanked the airport for designating two zones where stranded travellers can access food and water, as well as mothers’ rooms for mothers with babies, and baby food and health-care packages for families.

At the same time, “in the 21st century, it is unacceptable that Hungarian families and visiting tourists should be stranded at the airport for long hours, without relevant information and provisions. The developments at the airport now are the consequences of the period before the government took possession of the airport. As soon as the airport is truly, physically passed over [to the new owners], the situation will improve,” she said.

On June 6, the government announced that it had bought an 80 percent stake in the airport along with Vinci, which had acquired 20 percent.

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2 Comments

  1. Thank the globalist-socialist scumbags who want to stop us peasants flying at all costs.

    This is not happening by accident.

  2. What a silly comment from M.Steiner, again. Airport was owned by private companies and wealth funds before government bought it. Nothing to do with “globalist-socialist whatever”. Airport is a bit outdated and airport staff underpaid as private owners opted to keep costs and investments to the minimum to make profit. And now with government interference, it just seems to be getting worse.

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