Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (11^th March) celebrates its record-breaking Summer 2025 schedule for Budapest, with over 640 weekly flights across 68 routes, including 4 exciting new destinations – Castellón, Katowice, Liverpool, and Toulouse. This record schedule is a direct result of the Hungarian Government’s decision to scrap aviation taxes – which will see Ryanair invest 10 aircraft in Budapest (US$1 billion invest.) this summer, supporting over 4,200 jobs.

Ryanair’s record BudapestSummer 2025 schedule will deliver:

• Over 640 weekly flights across 68 routes – more than any other airline
• 4 new routes – Castellón, Katowice, Liverpool, and Toulouse
• 10 based aircraft (including 2x Boeing 737 8-200 “Gamechangers”) – a US$1 billion invest. in Hungary
• 5.6 million passengers p.a. (+13% growth)
• Over 4,200 indirect jobs

Ryanair’s exciting growth follows the Hungarian Government’s decision to abolish its aviation tax which has enabled Ryanair to deliver more traffic and routes to Hungary, whilst supporting tourism and offering citizens/visitors enhanced connectivity at Europe’s lowest fares. Hungary joins the list of countries including Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, and Albania which have successfully secured substantial traffic and aircraft investment from airlines after abolishing aviation taxes which will reduce access costs for citizens, tourists, and businesses.

The good work of the Hungarian Government however risks being undermined by opportunistic airport charge increases at Budapest Airport. This approach is at odds with the rest of Europe, where governments and airports work together to reduce access costs and increase air traffic – instead, the Hungarian Government gives with one hand and the Airport takes with the other. Ryanair calls on the Hungarian Government to ensure Budapest Airport aligns itself with Hungary’s pro-growth policies and economic objectives, by immediately reducing airport charges to stimulate further traffic growth at Budapest.

Should access costs be further reduced, Ryanair will respond with its €1.6bn Hungarian growth plan, which could potentially deliver up to 9 million passengers p.a. (across Budapest, Balaton, and Debrecen), 16 based aircraft and over 180 new highly-paid aviation jobs (480 total).

To celebrate its record Summer 2025 schedule and 4 new routes in Budapest, Ryanair has announced a seat sale with fares starting from 7,919 HUF to travel until the end of May, available exclusively at ryanair.com.

Speaking from Budapest, Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jason McGuinness said:

“Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, is pleased to launch another record-breaking summer schedule in Budapest, in which we will base 10 aircraft – a US$1 billion invest. – and deliver 5.6 million passengers p.a. across 68 routes, more than any other airline, including 4 brand-new routes to Castellón, Katowice, Liverpool, and Toulouse. This record Summer 2025 schedule was made possible by the Hungarian Government’s decision to abolish its regressive aviation tax – which in turn will lower costs for citizens, tourists, and businesses.

Whilst it is extremely positive to see the pro-growth steps being taken by the Hungarian Government to lower access cost at Hungary’s airports, it is concerning to see airports (such as Budapest) attempting to derail this by opportunistically clawing back some of the tax through excessive and unjustified  airport charge increases. The countries and airports in Europe delivering exceptional returns in terms of traffic, connectivity, and tourists, are those who are working together – not benefiting at the expense of the other.

Ryanair calls on the Hungarian Government to ensure competitive access costs at Hungary’s airports to ensure they can continue to deliver more investment, more jobs, and more tourists. Subject to competitive access costs, Ryanair is ready to respond with its transformative long-term growth plan for Hungary which will potentially deliver up to 9 million passengers p.a. (across Budapest, Balaton, and Debrecen), 16 based aircraft (US$1.6 billion invest.), and over 180 new highly-paid aviation jobs (480 total).

To celebrate its record Summer 2025 schedule and 4 new routes in Budapest, Ryanair has announced a seat sale with fares starting from 7,919 HUF to travel until the end of May, available exclusively at ryanair.com.”