Wizz Air vs Ryanair ‘war’ continues in Italy, emergency landing in Budapest

Ryanair, Ireland’s low-cost airline, tries to conquer one of the oldest and most popular Wizz Air flights from Hungary, the route between Budapest and Milan Malpensa.

According to okosutas.hu, Ryanair will keep its flights to Milan’s budget airport, Bergamo, and will carry passengers to the Italian city’s main airgate, Malpensa next spring. That means the Irish budget airlines will not change their destination in the region but extend their activity.

Meanwhile, Malpensa is one of Wizz Air’s oldest and most popular routes. The Hungarian budget airline carries tourists there frequently.

Such a decision is not unique to Ryanair. Before, they did so in the case of Vienna. Thus, passengers can choose whether they pay more but land closer to the city centre or less and pay for a bus or train ride there from Bergamo. Afterwards, Wizz Air closed its flight to Malpensa. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself in the case of Budapest-Milan-Malpensa.

To sum up, Ryanair will extend their 1-2 daily flights to Bergamo with 1/day to Malpensa. That means you will be able to travel from Budapest on three different flights on certain days with Ryanair.

Emergency landing in Budapest

According to a local news Facebook page, a Cessna 150 plane had an emergency landing just 800m away from the houses of Rákoscsaba, Budapest’s 17th district. Authorities investigate the reasons for the emergency landing. Here are some photos:

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