New York and Toronto from Budapest with Hungarian Airlines for a low price

Before you think we went mad, we highlight that nostalgia is crucial in one’s life. And what we wrote in this article’s title happened some time ago.

Hungary’s national airline, MALÉV, operated between 1946 and 2012. Even though we have Wizz Air and some other low-cost airlines, MALÉV’s unquestionable advantage was that it had connections to some of the farthest countries in the world. For example, they served passengers with direct flights between Budapest’s international airport to New York and Toronto.

For example, in 2002, they offered tickets for only HUF 69,900 to these American metropolises. Of course, in those days, almost HUF 70,000 was a small fortune. For instance, a full-time teacher’s salary barely reached HUF 50,000. But you had a chance to travel to America from Budapest without a transfer.

Seoul instead of New York or Toronto

Today, LOT, the Polish national airline, tries to reestablish that connection to New York. However, apart from three charter flights on 24 April (2 flights), and on 7 May (1 flight), there will be no direct air connection between America and Hungary. In March, we wrote that LOT planned to reestablish the Budapest-New York flight this summer, but the attempt seems to have wrecked somewhere. As a result, apart from the COVID period, Hungary will remain without a direct air connection to America for the first time in a long period. That may be because of the tensions between the Biden and Orbán administrations. Instead, you may travel to Seoul with the Polish airline this April:

Meanwhile, last February, we wrote that Air Canada would reestablish direct flights from Toronto to the Hungarian capital between May and October. However, we have not received such plans for this year, and May is almost here.

Thus, 2023 will be a year when we remember the good old days when we could travel between Budapest and New York, Budapest and Toronto without a transfer.

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