All about the ban on flights between the UK and Hungary!

Many are concerned about and interested in the duration of the ban on passenger flights from the UK landing in Hungary, which was ordered following several other countries because of a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus discovered in London and the south of England. 

Government Decree 623/2020 was published in Magyar Közlöny on the 21st of December. It reveals details of the ban on flights departing from the UK announced on Monday, writes airportal.hu.

“Civil aircraft engaged in scheduled air passenger services from the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may not land in the territory of Hungary, with the exception of aircraft at risk,”

says a government decree issued on the day following its promulgation, entered into force on the 22nd of December from midnight. Airlines operating on routes between Budapest and the United Kingdom cancelled all their affected flights on Tuesday. Although the ban does not apply to departures from Hungary, flights to the island country do not run from Budapest either, as the planes could only return without passengers.

Ryanair’s planes to Bristol and London-Stansted no longer departed on Tuesday, and Wizz Air also cancelled its flight to and from Luton. EasyJet has not cancelled its flights from Budapest to London-Gatwick; the planes will fly empty to Budapest Airport and then return with passengers. The situation is considered vis major; the passengers on the flights concerned will not be compensated.