New Planes from Hungarian Airport Connects to 141 Destinations Worldwide
New planes will carry passengers from Debrecen International Airport to Munich, based on a Hungarian news outlet. Munich is a five-star international airport with 141 destinations, including Transatlantic metropolises.
According to portfolio.hu, BMW Group signed the relevant contract with Lufthansa. Based on that, the German airline will increase capacities from the East Hungarian city with bigger Airbus planes on Mondays and Fridays. The first such plane landed on Friday.
More passengers between Munich and Debrecen
The Airbus A321neo aircraft commuting on the route can carry 215 passengers, Johannes Walter, the deputy president of the Lufthansa Group, announced. He arrived on board one of the new planes to Debrecen on Friday.
He expressed happiness that the new planes will carry hundreds of engineers and innovation managers between the Bavarian and Hungarian cities. Thus, the agreement signed is a long-term one.
Passengers can get from Munich to Debrecen in just 1.5 hours with the new planes. That route via Budapest would take 3-3.5 hours. Thus, we can say that a direct flight helps the operation of the BMW plant in Debrecen considerably.
The world opens up from Debrecen with new planes
Mr Walter hopes that tourists will also travel on the new planes. The five-star international airport from Munich will be reachable in just 1.5 hours, from where you can travel to any part of the world.
The deputy president of the German airline said their commitment is unchanged towards Hungary. For example, 141 destinations are reachable from Budapest with their flights.
Liv Eske Herrström, the financial director of BMW Manufacturing Hungary Ltd., called the capacity increase a milestone and praised the work of Lufthansa and the Debrecen International Airport. He expressed gratitude for the infrastructure developments at Debrecen Airport, making it possible to welcome bigger planes on its runways.
More developments announced at Debrecen Airport
He said they already had more than a thousand employees working in Debrecen preparing the new plant for its start next year. The employee number is constantly growing, he added.
László Papp, the mayor of Debrecen (Fidesz), said trust is the basis of their cooperation with BMW and Lufthansa. He said the developments would increase the competitiveness of their airport. Therefore, they plan to extend the passenger terminal and would like to build a new one with a new runway.
Lufthansa carries passengers on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays between Munich and Debrecen. On Mondays and Fridays, Airbus A321neo planes will serve the passengers with 215 seats.
