Budapest Airport welcomes its 3 millionth Ryanair passenger. on Thursday, May 23rd.

Friday 31st May 2013

Surprised Leila Kovacsevics, aged 15 years was the lucky passenger travelling from Stockholm with her parents and her sister, Nikolett. Leila, who was enjoying her first ever flight experience, received a Ryanair voucher and celebratory cake to mark the occasion.

Low-cost carrier Ryanair resumed services at Budapest Airport in February 2012 and currently serves an impressive 20 European destinations from the Central European hub. Budapest is a popular destination for leisure travellers, renowned for its traditional Hungarian culture and hospitality as well as its vibrant night-life and historic spas built around natural hot springs and thermal pools.

Ryanair's low fares can be found on the website:  www.ryanair.com/hu

About Budapest Airport:

Budapest Airport Zrt. operates Budapest Airport. This is privately owned with German company HOCHTIEF AirPort, one of the world's biggest independent airport managers holding a 49.67% stake, together with a further four financial investors: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Montreal holding a 18.17% stake; Malton Investment Pte Ltd. holding a 18.17% stake; Aero Investment S.á.r.l. holding a 10% stake and KfW IPEX-Bank, Frankfurt holding a 4% stake.

Budapest Airport aims to be best airport in the Central and Eastern European region and have been recognised for their development projects, customer service approach and marketing activities.

www.bud.hu