Budapest Airport continues strong streak in November

The 1.401,245 passengers who visited Liszt Ferenc International Airport not only exceeded last year's figure by 22%, but also the previous record-breaker by 10% in November 2019.

Passenger traffic at the airport has broken records every month this year, exceeding the 2022 total by September.

By November, passenger traffic not only surpassed the 2023 12-month total by 1.3 million passengers, but also exceeded 16 million, approaching the previous record total from 2019.

The most popular destinations in November were London, Milan and Paris.

The volume of cargo handled also set a record in November, with 31,121 tonnes handled in Budapest, 40.1% more than in the same period last year. The 271,962 tonnes of goods handled in the first eleven months of the year not only exceeded last year’s total by 49%, but has already surpassed the total volume handled in 2023. As with passenger traffic, air cargo volumes in each month of the year have exceeded the volumes registered in the same periods of the previous year.

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