Ryanair announces new flight from Budapest to one of Europe’s busiest air gates
The Irish low-cost airline announced a new flight from Budapest Airport to Germany. That means they will surely beat Wizz Air in Budapest in the summer season, since they will have more flights than the Hungarian budget airline.
According to Airportal, a Hungarian air travel-focused news outlet, the Irish airline will fly between Budapest and Frankfurt-Hahn, an airport 120 km away from Europe’s 6th busiest airport, twice a week. That goes for the period between June and September.
Based on the booking system of Ryanair, the first flight will take off from Budapest Airport on 2 June. The planes will carry passengers on Wednesdays and Sundays between Budapest and Hahn.
On Wednesdays, the flights will operate under the FR 9778 register code. They will depart from Frankfurt-Hahn at 1.10 PM and arrive in Budapest at 2.55 PM. The return flights will travel under FR 9779 and take off at 3.20 PM to land in Hahn at 5.05 PM. On Sunday, the flights will commute three hours later.
The route will be served by Malta Air’s Boeing 737 planes based in Hahn. The booking of the flights is available until 29 September.
This is why Ryanair beat Wizz Air in Budapest
According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news-focused Facebook page that always has precise information, this is the fourth new Ryanair flight in the 2024 summer timetable. As we wrote in THIS article, the fierce competition between Ryanair and Wizz Air for passengers across Europe is palpable. But it seems the Irish will win Budapest this summer in terms of the number of flights launched from the Hungarian capital.
If we consider Debrecen International Airport, where only Wizz Air is present, the numbers change, and Hungary’s biggest budget airline remains Wizz Air.
Wizz Air did not announce any new flights from Budapest for the 2024 summer season. The only difference compared to their previous season is that their Edinburgh flight will commute to Glasgow instead of the Scottish capital. Budflyer believes the reason is the engine problems of the newly-acquired Airbus planes. As a result, many Wizz planes must remain on the ground for an accurate checkup, so the airline cannot expand as much as they would like. We summed up that problem in THIS article.
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