A couple of days ago I wrote about the news that LOT Polish was planning on launching new transatlantic flights out of Budapest. Hungary has been without a national airline since 2012, and they've been desperate for some year-round transatlantic service. Budapest is a hot tourist destination, and until recently they didn't have any transatlantic…
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Malev terminated New York service in 2008. Delta ended theirs in September 2011. The last non-stop flight from the US to Hungary was American Airlines four-times weekly service from New York JFK which ended in December 2011.
This route has stood out for lack of a single non-stop especially in a low fuel cost environment, in fact I've been surprised that neither Delta nor American tried to restart it. It's still likely a marginal route, but underserved European routes for legacy carriers are pretty slim pickings so it's far from crazy.
Happy to see this -- Budapest has been on my shortlist for a while. Lucky, thoughts on LOT's premium cabin on the 787? I know it's 2-2-2, doesn't look very private.
Good news indeed.
I wonder if the O&D traffic is enough to make this route sustainable (incl. the subsidies Ben pointed out).
@Dan: Air Transat no longer serves Budapest. YYZ-BUD flights are operated by Air Canada Rouge - I think 3x weekly.
LOT has also has through-fares filed with American Airlines domestic segments, so no doubt they'll be getting some connecting traffic through JFK as well
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I visited BUD for the first time last month and was very impressed at how well poised the terminal was for international traffic. I could not understand why none of the major carriers offer non stop North American to BUD service. I also wondered if Hungary had/has a national airline and this was confirmed when I saw the mini boneyard area of vintage malev aircraft as you leave BUD Airport; glad I snapped video of that with my iPhone.
Really enjoyed my stay in BUD!
I sure wish they would have flown this from EWR so I could get connecting flights to/from TPA on the same UA award ticket.
Glad that someone is opening up Budapest to international routes. If you haven't been to Budapest, JUST GO!!!! Absolutely awesome city that is changing in so many ways, and all for the good!
No availability in J on LO from ORD to BUD using UA miles. Do Miles & More members have better access to J on LO?
I flew WAW to LAX last year on their 787 and was impressed.
Nice to see more EE places getting direct flights to the US.
Now we just need to get one from Prague!
Hi, does anyone knows, which are the 4 days of the week when LOT Airline flies from Budapest to New York?