Mu gawo lalikulu la chitukuko cha maukonde Budapest Airport yalengeza kuyambiranso kwa ntchito zaku US lero, monga LOT Polish Airlines ikutsimikizira maulendo apandege kuchokera pachipata cha Hungary kupita ku New York (JFK) ndi Chicago O'Hare. Kulandila kubwera kwa ntchito zokhazikika za 787-8, ndege yoyamba yomwe idakhazikitsidwa pa 3 Meyi 2018, New York imawulutsidwa kanayi mlungu uliwonse ndipo gawo la Chicago limagwira ntchito kawiri pa sabata. Kubweranso kwa mautumiki aku US kumabwera pambuyo poti American Airlines ndi Delta Air Lines idachoka pamsika waku Hungary mu 2011.
"Ndife okondwa kulengeza za chitukuko chaposachedwa cha LOT Polish Airlines ku Budapest, kutigwirizanitsa osati ndi malo amodzi okha ku US, koma ndi awiri," akukondwera ndi Jost Lammers, CEO, Budapest Airport. "Kwa msika womwe ukukula mwachangu ngati Budapest, uku ndikukula kwakukulu kwa ife komanso komwe LOT, Airport ya Budapest, maboma a Hungary ndi Poland, komanso bungwe la Hungary Tourism Agency agwira ntchito mogwirizana kuti akwaniritse. Kulumikizana kwapadziko lonse lapansi ndikofunikira pachuma chamasiku ano chapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo maulalo ofunikirawa adzakulitsa kufunikira kwapaulendo ndipo pamapeto pake kukulitsa mpikisano wamsika waku Hungary, "akuwonjezera Lammers.
Kuthekera kwa msika kuli pafupi ndi okwera 150,000 pakati pa Budapest ndi New York chaka chatha kupangitsa bwalo la ndege ku Central Eastern Europe kukhala msika wawukulu kwambiri wosagwiritsidwa ntchito ku New York ku Europe, komanso malo achinayi padziko lonse lapansi omwe sanatumizidwe kuchokera ku mzinda waku US. Pambuyo pa New York, Chicago ndiye nambala yachiwiri yomwe anthu amafunafuna ku US kuchokera ku Budapest yokhala ndi msika wopitilira 42,000 pakati pa mizinda iwiriyi mu 2016.
Pamene Budapest yalengeza kuti US ikhala msika wa 47 ku likulu la dziko la Hungary, wonyamula mbendera waku Poland azipereka mipando 3,024 yanjira ziwiri sabata iliyonse kutanthauza kuti dziko la North America likhala msika wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri kunja kwa Europe. Budapest mu 2018.
"Budapest Airport ndiyonyadira kwambiri kulengeza malo atsopanowa aku US ndipo sindikukayika kuti mautumikiwa adzakhala otchuka kwambiri." akufotokoza Lammers.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- The market potential is close to 150,000 passengers between Budapest and New York last year making the Central Eastern European airport New York's largest unserved market in Europe, and the fourth largest unserved destination in the world from the US city.
- As Budapest announces that the US will become the Hungarian capital city's 47th country market, the Polish flag carrier will be offering a total of 3,024 two-way weekly seats meaning that the North American nation will become the second largest country market outside of Europe served from Budapest in 2018.
- “For a fast-growing market like Budapest, this is an extremely significant expansion for us and one which LOT, Budapest Airport, the Hungarian and Polish governments, as well as the Hungarian Tourism Agency have worked in close cooperation to put into place.
