The Terminal 1, which primarily serves discount airlines, registered a growth of 18.4%. The Terminal 2A saw a 3% increase in passenger traffic in January, while there was a slight decrease at Terminal 2B.
The majority of passenger traffic was generated by full service airlines. Discount airlines registered 30% of the passengers, and charter passengers had a 2.8% share in the first month of the year. The passenger traffic at discount airlines showed the biggest increase with a 17.2% from last year. The list is topped by WizzAir and easyJet, both companies registered a double-digit growth in their passenger number.
Low-cost airlines recorded 71.4% flight occupancy in January, compared to 57.7% on major carriers.
Among full-service airlines, Lufthansa, Air France and British Airways managed to increase its passenger traffic from the same period of last year.
This year, the launch of six new flights has been announced at the Ferihegy airport: the Qatar Airways has flown from Doha since January, the American Airways launches its New York flight in April, Jet2.Com will fly from Edinburgh, the Air Baltic from Riga, and Malév relaunches its Barcelona flight. The FlyCentralEurope.com charter company will operate the Toronto-Budapest flight.
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