HungaryHungarian airlines

Budapest is home to Wizz Air, one of Europe’s big low-cost carriers.

2 airlines

Network airlines

Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.

Malév Hungarian Airlines

MA / MAH

Hungary’s historic flag carrier: founded in 1946 as the Hungarian-Soviet Maszovlet, Malév from 1954, later arriving in the West with Boeing 737s and 767s, in oneworld from 2007 – and grounded on February 3, 2012.

Low-cost carriers

Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.

Wizz Air

W6 / WZZ

Hungary’s low-cost airline from Budapest: an all-Airbus fleet centered on the A321neo, three companies with HA-, 9H- and G- registrations and a network stretching from Central and Eastern Europe to the Middle East.

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