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PHOTOS: Brand new Budapest-China flight arrives in Budapest!
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Last night, the first scheduled flight of Shanghai Airlines from Ningbo, China, arrived in Budapest. The flight is the airport’s first direct connection with Europe, Budflyer, an aviation news outlet, shared on Facebook.
The new Ningbo-Budapest flight operated by Shanghai Airlines is “of extraordinary importance” in view of the war in Ukraine, Tamás Menczer, state secretary at the foreign ministry, told a ceremony at Budapest’s international Liszt Ferenc Airport marking the departure of the first flight late on Monday, MTI reported.
Menczer noted the Hungarian government “is among those supporting peace”, and said China “has a huge role in amplifying the voice of the peace camp … China wants peace and the Hungarian government supports China’s peace plan concerning the war in Ukraine.”
Regarding the economy, Menczer said the European Union’s “harmful sanctions have separated the economies of Europe and Russia,” which he said was debilitating for Europe.
“There appear to be endeavours to isolate the European and Chinese economies which would be equal to decapitation,” he added. “The Hungarian government does not support those endeavours … or the European Union or NATO becoming an anti-China bloc,” he said. “Rather than systemic competition and building blocs, the Hungarian government urges building connections,” he said.
Had to google where is Ningbo (200km south of Shanghai). Article really does not make it clear why is it important to connect to this city from Budapest. No idea what it means that “in view of the war this connection is important”. Plenty of European cities have direct flights to Shanghai and Beijing and Hong Kong. And tgey have had them for a long time.
A lot of empty words from the politicians again.