Success! Traffic grew twice at Budapest Airport compared to 2019 European average
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The winner flight destination from Budapest is London, but the number of people travelling increased in the case of almost all the directions from the Hungarian capital.
According to hvg.hu, 16.1 million passengers came to Budapest in 2019 based on the numbers of the Budapest Airport. That number means an 8.8 increase in traffic. Since this rate is around four pc in the case of most European airports, it can be said that the growth of the Budapest Airport is twice the increase of other airports of the continent. The most popular destination is still the capital of the United Kingdom, London: every ninth passenger from Ferihegy travelled between the two cities.
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The number of taking offs and landings increased, as well. In 2019, 122,814 planes arrived at and departed from Budapest Airport. Still, this is far from the record set in 2006, which was 127 thousand.