New Budapest flights from LJLA

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport is celebrating it’s first new route announcement of 2016, following the news that Wizz Air, the largest low fare low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe is to commence flights to the Hungarian capital of Budapest in March.

The new flights between Liverpool and Budapest will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays and this new destination becomes Wizz Air’s fourth route to be served from Liverpool.

The news follows on from a series of new routes and airline announcements made throughout 2015, with the Airport ending the year with passenger throughput 8% higher than in 2014.

Wizz Air commenced operations from LJLA in late 2004 operating flights to the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Baltic coastal city of Gdansk, also in Poland.

The airline increased its capacity on both these routes last year as well as commencing flights to Riga, the capital city of Latvia.

Last year Wizz Air increased its passenger throughput at Liverpool by more than 60%, carrying over 40,000 more passengers than in 2014.

Paul Winfield, LJLA’s Air Service Development Manager said: “This further commitment by Wizz Air to operations from Liverpool is a further sign of the progress we have been making over the past 12 months and links yet another important European capital city with Liverpool that will have benefits for both business and leisure travellers.”