<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In 1938, the idea of building a new airport in Budapest was born. The area within the boundary of three settlements (Pestszentl┼&aelig;rinc, R&aacute;koshegy and Vecs&eacute;s) was assigned as the area of the new airport. The airport was intended for joint civil-military-sporting purposes. Civil facilities were to be built up in the northwestern section and military ones in the southwest section. Just as for each building, a public tender was invited for the design and construction of the traffic building.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1980, the number of landing aircraft and passengers served reached 32,642 and 1,780,000, respectively. The growing number of passengers called for more capacity.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A new terminal was decided upon. The foundation stone of the new passenger traffic building to be built was laid on November 16, 1983. Since November 1, 1985, passengers have been received in Terminal 2, a 24,000-square-meter facility funded with Austrian loans under general contracting. It was used first by Mal&eacute;v aircraft and passengers, and then by those of Lufthansa, Air France, and Swissair. The old terminal continued to receive residual airline traffic under a new name, Terminal 1.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There are further projects for the expansion of the airport, including a new cargo facilities area as well as a new Terminal 3, formerly called Terminal 2C and originally planned for 2020. In a 2021 interview, however, the newly appointed CEO stated that the construction of the new passenger hall could commence in 2025. In 2020, according to a report from Bloomberg, it was reported that the Hungarian government was looking at buying the airport from its foreign owners, such as GIC (the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund) and Canadian AviAlliance. Prime Minister Viktor Orb&aacute;n was opposed to the 2005 privatization.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Ground transportation from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Public transport</strong></p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Local buses:</strong> Budapesti K&ouml;zleked&eacute;si K&ouml;zpont (BKK), the public transit authority for Budapest, operates two major express bus services to the airport: 100E and 200E. Route 100E&mdash;modeled after the OrlyBus and RoissyBus airport bus services in Paris&mdash;provides nonstop service to the city center, stopping only at K&aacute;lvin t&eacute;r and De&aacute;k Ferenc t&eacute;r. Standard tickets and passes cannot be used on this route; a higher-fare ticket must be bought on board or at the airport's BKK ticket machines. Bus route 200E provides service from the airport to K┼&aelig;b&aacute;nya-Kispest station, the nearest station of the Budapest Metro. Standard tickets and passes are valid on this route.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Long-distance buses:</strong> Flixbus operates long-distance routes from the airport to numerous Central European cities, including Prague, Vienna, Timi╚&Ouml;oara, and Sibiu.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Rail:</strong> Hungarian State Railways (M&Aacute;V) services stop at the nearby Ferihegy railway station, which can be accessed from Terminal 2 by bus route 200E. Trips into the city center from Ferihegy station take approximately 25 minutes, but service is infrequent. Ferihegy station formerly served the airport's Terminal 1, which no longer hosts passenger air services.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Budapest Airport's official Taxi partner is Ftaxi, which has a taxi order stand at both arrival sites exits (outside the building).</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Minibuses and shuttles:</strong> Several companies operate airport shuttles that take passengers to any destination in the city. Other shuttles and coach services exist to outlying towns in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Serbia.</li>
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