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Minister talks about new direct flights from Budapest to the USA, Japan, India on Osaka World Expo – PHOTOS
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Márton Nagy said that the government allocated HUF 10 billion (EUR 25 million) this year to launch new direct, long-haul flights, for example, to the USA, Japan, or India. Hungary opens up to the East and the West alike, he added in an interview given after the opening of the Osaka World Expo in Japan.
New long-haul flights from Budapest?
Máron Nagy mentioned the possible new flights in an interview with Index. He said he raised the question of a direct Japan-Budapest flight to Japan’s economy minister. He added that the task was not simple because the market is ruled by two big airlines in the Far-Eastern country, but he saw an option to realise it.
He said they would spend EUR 25 million this year to launch new flights to e.g. the USA, Japan, or India. Therefore, the ministry created an air travel marketing programme. He added that the government was in talks with Japanese budget airlines about possible long-haul flights to the Hungarian capital.
He clarified that the lack of direct flights was the biggest obstacle to increasing the number of Japanese tourists visiting Budapest. That is a crucial task since the Japanese are among the highest-spending tourists.
Osaka World Expo’s Hungarian pavilion opened
The Osaka World Expo is one of the world’s largest cultural, touristic and economic events, and also an unparalleled diplomatic and economic development opportunity, Márton Nagy, the national economy minister, said at the opening of the Hungarian pavilion on Sunday.
The fact that Hungary joins exhibitors with a national pavilion alongside almost 160 states this year is of serious national economic significance, as more than 28 million visitors are expected during the nearly 6 months of the expo, Nagy said.
The minister said the Hungarian pavilion was among the first to be completed in just under a year. This was due to the coordinated, high-level professional work of the Hungarian and Japanese construction contractors. The first visit of the Japanese minister responsible for the expo took him to this pavilion on the opening day, which is a tribute to the entire country, he added.
