New flight to Eastern metropolis remains, Ryanair’s Budapest flight delayed by 28 hours

Air China will continue to operate 4 flights weekly between the Chinese capital and Budapest with their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. In the meantime, Ryanair passengers had to wait more than 28 hours for their return flight to Budapest in Milan.

According to airportal.hu, the Chinese airline plans 4 direct flights between Budapest and Beijing even in their winter timetable. The new schedule will start on 27 October. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners will carry passengers on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Planes will depart from Beijing at 2.55 AM local time, land in Budapest at 6.25 AM (Budapest time), then return to the Chinese capital under the CA 720 flight number at 11.25 AM (Budapest time) to arrive at 3:35 AM local time.

Air China will fly between Budapest and Chongqing once a week with Dreamliners. The Chinese airline increased the number of flights between Budapest and Beijing from two to three this April. In most of the summer schedule, a 4th plane commuted.

Fewer flights to South Korea

According to Budflyer, in the winter period, Polish LOT plans only two Budapest-Seoul flights weekly. Furthermore, they do not plan to operate 4 flights weekly in the 2025 summer session.

Passengers waited 28 hours for their Budapest return flight