Two new airlines will fly from Budapest!

The regional Romanian startup airline, Air Connect, will launch its first flights to Budapest from Bucharest and Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca) this March. According to the timetable, they will fly twice a week. Meanwhile, the chairman of Kuwait Airways said they planned to open new European routes and destinations, including Budapest.

According to airportal.hu, the flights of Air Connect are to commute from 28 March to Budapest from the Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest (OTP), and the Cluj Napoca International Airport (CLJ).

The flights are to operate between the cities twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. They will fly in a W-shape: Bucharest – Budapest – Cluj Napoca (Kolozsvár) – Budapest – Bucharest.

Based on the timetable, their plane will take off at 9 AM on Tuesday in Bucharest. It will arrive in Budapest at 9.50 AM and take off at 10.20 AM towards Kolozsvár. There, it will land at 12.35 PM. From Cluj, it will start its flight back to Budapest at 1.05 PM and land in the Hungarian capital at 1.30 PM. Please, note the time zone difference: GMT+1 is Hungary, while GMT+2 is Romania. Therefore, the travel time will remain 1 hour and 15 minutes between the “capitals” of Transylvania and Hungary. From the Budapest International Airport, it will take off again at 1.50 PM and land in Bucharest at 4.40 PM. The travel time between Bucharest and Budapest will be 1 hour and 50 minutes.