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Although Belgium represents the 6th source market for Tenerife with 2.7 per cent of the total tourists travelling each year to the island, they also represent the 4th source market and account for 4.7 per cent of tourists staying in 5-Star hotels, according to visitor information.

The airline will introduce a twice weekly connection between Budapest and Bologna from June 5, 2015 and a twice weekly link between Budapest and Glasgow from June 13, 2015. The latter service has been partly driven by recent surveys in which Hungarian consumers listed Scotland on top of their wish list for future routes from the carrier.

The start-up will inaugurate flights on April 2, 2015 with a three times weekly links to Budapest and Prague, while three times weekly flights to the Italian destinations of Milan and Rome will follow from April 3, 2015.

Low-cost carrier, Wizz Air has announced it will base a fifth Airbus A320 at its Sofia base from September 14, 2015.

Hungary is a fast growing tourism market for China, with last year showing a 19 per cent increase of Chinese visitors travelling to Budapest. In fact, estimates suggest a Chinese diaspora of over 40,000 in Hungary and demand or around 90,000 bi-directional passengers per annum.

The airline, part of the Silk Way Group, first introduced flights between Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku and Budapest in March 2014 but strong demand for goods in and out of the European market has seen it switch from the 53-tonne capacity 767-300F to the 113-tonne capacity 747-400Fs.

Greek start-up, SkyGreece will launch services to Canada, with new routes between Athens, Thessaloniki, Zagreb and Budapest to Toronto, following approval from the Greek and Canadian authorities.

Ryanair will be basing an additional Boeing 737-800 at Athens International Airport during summer 2015, increasing its based fleet to four aircraft and plans to double its Athens traffic to approximately 2.2 million passengers per annum.

The low-cost carrier has announced new services from its Budapest base to Hurghada on the East coast of Egypt and Alghero in Sardinia, Italy, for the summer 2015 season.

The Spanish airline has announced 13 new routes and additional frequencies for its summer 2015 schedule.

Air Transat have released their timetable for summer 2015 to include a direct service from Montréal to Budapest, and from St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador) to London.

Budapest Airport continues to go from strength to strength and chief commercial officer Kam Jandu says the next target is a direct route to the US, writes Justin Burns for The HUB.

The new daily flight will launch from October 27, 2014 and will be operated using a 278-seat Airbus A330-200 complementing the existing Dubai low-cost offering of Wizz Air and providing an alternative global connection option to the current flights of Qatar Airways via its Doha hub.

Under the revised timetable, Qatar Airways will continue to operate four rotations per week on the Doha – Budapest – Zagreb linked flight routing using an Airbus A321, but every Monday, Friday and Saturday will operate separate flights to both Budapest and Zagreb.

It has been a tough few years for the airport, Hungary’s largest air gateway, following the collapse of national carrier Malev in February 2012, but the past year, during which it hosted the previous Routes Europe forum, has seen it continue to back fill the lost capacity and introduce links into new markets.

Air Serbia is to expand its international operations by a fifth in 2014 with the addition of six new destinations to its network. The carrier, formed

Budapest Airport is set to welcome a number of new airlines and further increase its route network during the summer 2014 schedule as it uses a

Israeli national carrier El Al has revealed plans to establish its own low-cost division as it prepares for increasing competition from European

Budapest Airport, host of this year’s Routes Europe forum earlier this year, has reported positive returns from its meetings at this year’s World

Belarusian carrier Belavia has devised an interesting flight schedule to introduce new air services between the country’s capital Minsk and the

Proposed Hungarian start-up carrier Sólyom Hungarian Airways has hit a temporary setback in its ambitions to launch operations to destinations across

Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced it will introduce a long expected new route from Budapest to the Russian capital

Central and Eastern European low-cost operator Wizz Air has confirmed plans to expand its business model into another new market with the launch of

Balkan carrier Bulgaria Air was revealed as the latest carrier to introduce flights to the Hungarian capital of Budapest, as the city played host to

Overlooking some of Budapest's stunning sights on the banks of the Danube, Jost Lammers, Chief Executive Officer, Budapest Airport and Kam Jandu