New flight from Budapest to Eastern seaside metropolis

Hainan Airlines’ new flight from Budapest to a Chinese seaside metropolis close to Hong Kong will commute two times a week and carry passengers with Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Meanwhile, Wizz Air received a new plane with unique graphics.

New flight from Budapest to Shenzen, China

The first plane on the route will take off on 2 August and will commute twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. The aircraft will start its journey in Shenzen at 2 AM and land in Budapest at 7.50 AM. The return flight will take off at 11.40 AM and reach the Chinese metropolis at 4.50 AM the next day, airportal.hu wrote. Travelling to Budapest from Shenzen will “save” you one day and make it possible to do business the whole day despite having slept in the Chinese city.

Hainan Airlines will operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes on the route. The company carried passengers from Beijing to Budapest before. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, they connected Budapest with Chongqing, a metropolis with a permanent population of over 30 million.

Beijing, China. You can travel to the Chinese capital from Budapest each day. Photo: depositphotos.com

Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister announced the new flight on his Beijing visit in April. Thanks to the new connection, seven Chinese cities will be available from Budapest with 21 flights. The following Chinese cities are available from the Hungarian capital:

1. Beijing (4/week)
2. Shanghai (7/week)
3. Chongqing (1/week)
4. Ningbo (2/week)
5. Xi’an (1/week)
6. Guangzhou (4/week)
7. From 2 August: Shenzen (2/week)

Huangpu river in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Source: Pixabay

Wizz Air celebrates partnership with Airbus with special aircraft

Wizz Air received its 132nd aircraft in Airbus’s plant in Hamburg, Germany. The new plane will fly in Wizz Air Malta’s fleet and get a special cover to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cooperation between Wizz Air and Airbus.

Wizz Air ordered their first 12 planes from the European manufacturer in 2004, airportal.hu wrote. The unique plane cover graphics were designed by Éva Kerényi, a Hungarian woman living in Rimaszombat, Slovakia. You may check out some photos of the new aircraft in their article.

Yvonne Moynihan, Chief Corporate and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer at Wizz Air Group, said they would like to reduce their carbon emission by 25% by 2030 compared to their 2019 level.

A321 Neo. Photo: Wizz Air

Wizz Air fleet to expand significantly

In 2024, nine more new planes will join Wizz Air’s fleet and they expect 30-40 more in 2025. The Hungarian budget airline will get its first A321XLR with a capacity of 239 passengers in February 2025.

By 2030, Wizz Air will have 449 planes: 47 being long-range A321XLR, 383 A321neo and 19 A320neo aircraft.

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