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Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (Hungarian: Ferihegyi Nemzetközi Repülőtér or simply Ferihegy)
Budapest Ferihegy international Airport is the international airport serving the capital city of Budapest, and the largest of the country's five international airports. The airport offers international connections primarily within Europe, but also to Asia, the Middle East, and North America. In 2005, the airport served just over 8 million passengers. The airport is located 16 kilometres (10 miles) east-southeast of the centre of Budapest, accessible by the major transport artery of Üllői út. Ferihegy airport has main terminals 1, 2A and 2B, and a smaller one for general aviation flights. A new air cargo base is to be built. Transfer between terminals 2A and 2B is convenient enough to be completed on foot. The older Terminal 1, however, is further away and must be reached by bus. An open-air viewing platform for relatives and spotters is at Terminal 2. Terminal 1 The newly opened Terminal 1 serves all low-cost airlines. The terminal was renovated in September 2005. The freight functions will be re-located to a newly built cargo base, whose construction has been delayed by a political scandal about public spending that led to contract cancellations. easyJet (Berlin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, Geneva, London-Gatwick, London-Luton) Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart) Jet2.com (Manchester) Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo) Ryanair (Bremen, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Frankfurt-Hahn, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool) Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda) Wizz Air (Barcelona-Girona, Bourgas [seasonal], Brussels-Charleroi, Cluj Napoca, Corfu [seasonal], Eindhoven, Gothenburg-City, Heraklion [seasonal], London-Luton, Malmo, Milan-Bergamo, Oslo-Torp [Starts 12 July, 2008], Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Beauvais, Rhodes [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Venice-Treviso [Starts 13 July, 2008], Varna [seasonal]) Terminal 2A Terminal 2A was built for MALÉV Hungarian Airlines, but it now also serves its code-share airline partners as well. This terminal replaced the original terminal in 1985. Aer Lingus (Belfast-International [Begins 25 February 2008], Dublin) Brussels Airlines (Brussels) Carpatair (Cluj-Napoca, Timişoara) Czech Airlines (Prague) Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich) [Departures Only] Malév Hungarian Airlines (Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [Ends 4 April 2008, Resumes 29 October 2008], Beirut, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Burgas [seasonal], Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dublin, Ekaterinburg, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, Ljubljana, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga [seasonal], Moscow-Domodedovo [Starts 30 March, 2008], Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, New York-JFK [Resumes 2 May, 2008], Odessa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Podgorica, Prague, Priština, Rome-Fiumicino, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Split [seasonal], Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Târgu-Mureş, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Timişoara, Tirana, Toronto-Pearson [Resumes 26 May, 2008], Varna, Venice, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zürich) Moldavian Airlines (Chişinău) Terminal 2B
Departure Hall of Terminal 2BAlthough connected to Terminal 2A, it is referred to as a separate terminal, opened in 1997. It serves all of the other international flights and airlines not served by Terminal 2A. airberlin (Hanover, Nuremberg) Air Europa (Madrid) Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle) Air Malta (Malta) Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo) Aerosvit (Kiev-Boryspil) Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino [Starts 30 March, 2008]) Austrian Airlines (Vienna) British Airways (London-Heathrow) Clickair (Barcelona) Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK) EgyptAir (Cairo) El Al (Tel Aviv) Finnair (Helsinki) Grand China Air (Beijing) LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw) Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich) [Arrivals Only] Meridiana (Florence) Rossiya (St. Petersburg) Royal Jordanian (Amman) Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm-Arlanda) Smart Wings (Madrid, Prague) Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich, Basel/Mulhouse) TAP Portugal (Lisbon) TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni) Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk) |