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Budapest airport to become air cargo hub for Central, Eastern Europe
BUDAPEST Airport's cargo volumes have been growing since the beginning of the year, as carriers add more capacity.This is turn as raised hopes that Hungarian capital will emerge as an air freight hub for Central and Eastern Europe, reports the Budapest Times.
"At Budapest Airport all the conditions are in place to develop the leading air cargo hub in the Central and Eastern European region," said airport property director Rene Droese.
"More and more cargo aircraft from the Far East are landing here and transporting Hungarian products from the electronics, pharmaceutical, mechanical engineering and other industries on the return leg," he said.
Demand for air freight services operated by Silk Way West has increased so significantly since March that the Azeri airline has been using the larger Boeing 747-8 freighter instead of Boeing 767-300s on the Budapest-Baku route.
Turkish Cargo raised the frequency of its flights to Budapest from two to three a week, usually flown with Airbus A310 or A330-200 aircraft.
The launch of the four times weekly Air China service between Beijing and Budapest on May 1 is another significant boost for cargo, as the route is able to transport up to 10 tonnes per flight, while the daily Emirates flight is able to carry up to 12 tonnes of belly cargo.
"We are working hard to make sure that more and more cargo airlines choose Budapest, as the large Western European airports are overcrowded and it is increasingly difficult to find free capacities there," Mr Droese said.
"At Budapest Airport all the conditions are in place to develop the leading air cargo hub in the Central and Eastern European region," said airport property director Rene Droese.
"More and more cargo aircraft from the Far East are landing here and transporting Hungarian products from the electronics, pharmaceutical, mechanical engineering and other industries on the return leg," he said.
Demand for air freight services operated by Silk Way West has increased so significantly since March that the Azeri airline has been using the larger Boeing 747-8 freighter instead of Boeing 767-300s on the Budapest-Baku route.
Turkish Cargo raised the frequency of its flights to Budapest from two to three a week, usually flown with Airbus A310 or A330-200 aircraft.
The launch of the four times weekly Air China service between Beijing and Budapest on May 1 is another significant boost for cargo, as the route is able to transport up to 10 tonnes per flight, while the daily Emirates flight is able to carry up to 12 tonnes of belly cargo.
"We are working hard to make sure that more and more cargo airlines choose Budapest, as the large Western European airports are overcrowded and it is increasingly difficult to find free capacities there," Mr Droese said.
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