Wizz Air launches new direct flight from Budapest to Mediterranean paradise

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is to launch a new direct flight from Budapest to a Mediterranean gem in Italy. Meanwhile, the first direct flight from a Chinese metropolis has arrived in Budapest.

Wizz Air connects Budapest with Mediterranean gem

According to airportal.hu, a Hungarian outlet specialising in air travel news, the first Wizz Air flight to Salerno in southern Italy will take off on 28th October from Budapest Airport. The planes will transport passengers between October and December three times a week, operating on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They will land at the Salerno Costa d’Amalfi Airport, close to Naples.

From January until the end of March, there will be two flights each week on Thursday and Sunday. Additionally, there will be two weekly flights to Naples on Thursday and Sunday in November and December. From January until the end of the winter schedule, three flights will depart from Budapest to Naples on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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Numerous new destinations and frequency increases announced

Wizz Air announced last week that they would open four new destinations from Budapest: Girona (Spain), Genoa (Italy), Marrakech (Morocco), and Memmingen in Germany. We covered that in THIS article.

Thanks to the expansion of Wizz Air at Budapest Airport, the airline has become the leading carrier based here with 17 jets. The airline’s capacity will grow by 30% in the winter schedule compared to the same period last year.

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Wizz Air’s market share in Hungary will grow to 41%, strengthening its leadership. According to the company, they will transport 7 million passengers to and from Budapest. We wrote in THIS article that Wizz Air might outperform Ryanair, its biggest regional competitor, this winter in Budapest.

Another piece of good news is that Budapest Airport plans to expand its border control capacities at Pier B soon. According to Budflyer, new control desks will be installed at the departure level.

First direct flight from Shenzhen arrives in Budapest

The first scheduled direct flight from Shenzhen arrived in Budapest on Friday. Hainan Airlines will operate the route between Budapest and Shenzhen twice a week, as reported by MTI.

Addressing a press conference after the Boeing 787 aircraft landed at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Péter Sztáray, state secretary at the foreign ministry, said every event like the launch of the Shenzhen-Budapest flight vindicated Hungary’s eastern opening policy.

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Ferenc Antal, deputy state secretary at the national economy ministry and member of the board of directors of Liszt Ferenc International operator Budapest Airport, hailed the developing relations between Hungary and China, stating that China was Hungary’s most important partner outside Europe. He said the new flight was “another milestone in the quality development of bilateral relations” which gave new impetus to the deepening of economic and cultural ties.

Gong Tao, China’s ambassador to Hungary, said the new flight brought the number of weekly flights between the two countries to 21, noting that this was the third new route launch in two months.

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“August 2nd is a lucky date for Hainan Airlines. On this day back in 2004, they landed in Hungary for the first time, and today, 20 years later, we celebrate the inaugural flight between Budapest and Shenzhen,” the airport’s official Facebook page wrote.

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