Budapest is the cargo city of Eastern Europe
Having experienced a number of years of strong growth at Budapest Airport, new developments such as the Cargo City should mean the good times will continue. The airport’s executive director of property and cargo Rene Droese and cargo manager Jozsef Kossuth spoke to Air Cargo Week at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Toronto where […]
Construction of Budapest Airport’s Cargo City begins
Construction of Budapest Airport’s Cargo City, part of the €160 million BUD:2020 Development Programme has begun. The €32.6 million investment into a 20,000 square metre cargo handling facility and dedicated Boeing 747-8 Freighter stands will centralise cargo operations and expand the airport’s handling capacity to cope with increasing demand. As part of the BUD:2020 Development […]
Kuehne + Nagel joins Budapest Airport’s cargo community
Budapest Airport is to welcome Kuehne + Nagel to its air cargo community when the forwarder moves into warehouse and office space on 1 July. The forwarder will lease what is being described as a “significant area of warehouse and adjacent office space” at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, focusing on the future development plans […]
Budapest Airport handles record volumes in the first half of 2017
Budapest Airport has handled a record 72,161 tonnes of cargo from January and July, up 19.6 per cent on the same period of 2016. The hub serving the Hungarian capital processed 49,420 tonnes of air cargo in the first half of 2017, an increase of 16.7 per cent, and 22,741 tonnes of trucked cargo, up […]
Budapest Airport handles record volumes with 32% cargo growth
Budapest Airport keeps flying in 2017, handling a record 30,060 tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 32.3 per cent on 2016. Of these 30,060 tonnes, 20,455 of them were air cargo, up 20.8 per cent on the first quarter of 2016. In March, Budapest handled 11,536 tonnes of cargo, up 33.3 […]
Hippos, calves and jet engines help Budapest grow 23% annually
Budapest Airport’s cargo volumes have grown almost 23 per cent annually, transporting goods as varied as aircraft jet engines, a baby hippopotamus and several hundred calves. The airport serving Hungary’s capital handled over 112,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016, and on certain days would have three Boeing 747 Freighters parked on the apron. It says […]
Budapest aims for 100,000t in 2016 following strong September growth
Budapest Airport is expecting to handle over 100,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016 after breaking the 10,000 tonne a month mark for the first time in September. Cargo volumes grew by 33 per cent in September helped by strong growth from Cargolux and Turkish Cargo, and Qatar Airways Cargo’s decision to operate a third weekly […]
