Hungarian plane first to land at Transylvanian airport

Aeroexpress’ passenger aircraft was the first to land at the airport under construction in Remetea (Gyergyóremete), Transylvania, Romania, during a test flight, the Hungarian airline informed MTI (the Hungarian News Agency) on Tuesday.

They pointed out that the Embraer 120ER aircraft, which can carry 30 people, arrived in Remetea from Budapest. The aircraft passed the mandatory border control in Cluj-Napoca. The flight time from the Hungarian capital was one and a half hour.

Dániel Somogyi-Tóth, the founder of the airline, explained that they have been working for years to establish air links between Hungary and Transylvania, which is difficult to do by car or rail.

They plan to do this based on the experience of their parent company BASe Airlines Ltd. in Finland. There, they also use this method to reach the more difficult-to-reach areas.

Attila Balázs, the creator and builder of the airport, the head of the Bayer Construct group, said that next year they plan to launch two daily flights between Remetea and Budapest. One will provide connections for the group’s businesses, while the second will provide passenger transport for everyone, he stressed.

The Aeroexpress airline, founded last year, launched its first flights in autumn 2022. Since then, it has been operating four flights a week between Budapest and Cluj-Napoca, which are regularly full, the statement said.

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