Air China to start Beijing-Budapest flights soon

Hungary is home to the largest Chinese community in Central and Eastern Europe; Air China’s Budapest service responds to this

Chinese national flag carrier Air China will launch regular scheduled services between Budapest and Beijing later this spring. Technical preparations are underway at Budapest Airport to work out the details of the servicing and ground handling of the Air China flight, following government-level agreement about the restart of a direct aerial connection between Hungary and the People’s Republic of China.

Air China will aims to serve the Budapest-Beijing route with four weekly frequencies that will arrive in Hungary at 19:40 hours and will leave for China at 21:10 hours in the evening. The new service will be flown by an Air China Airbus A330-200 type aircraft on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Direct flights between Budapest and Beijing were halted in 2012, when Hungarian flag carrier Malév was grounded, and Hainan Airlines decided to cancel its flights due to the lack of transfer connections from Budapest. The resumption of flights between Hungary and China required high-level negotiations between the two governments, to modify the existing, bilateral aviation agreement, as part of the Hungarian government’s “Opening to the East” policy.

“We are delighted to welcome Air China as our new airline, adding Beijing to our significant portfolio of new services available this year. We also highly appreciate the highest level support from both governments that made this new flight possible,” says Jost Lammers, CEO of Budapest Airport.

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