Cheerful: New Italian F&B bar opens, Schengen expansion changes arrivals at Budapest Airport

Romania and Bulgaria partially joined the Schengen Zone today. As a result, plane arrivals at Budapest Airport will change.

From today on, border control will cease for commuters on air and sea routes. According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news outlet, Bucharest, Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), Brașov (Brassó), Sofia and Burgas flights will arrive at Terminal 2A. That is because authorities will not check the travel documents of Romanian nationals coming from or going to a Schengen Zone country. They will only need a security check before boarding.

According to Budflyer, a new Italian F&B bar will open at Budapest Airport’s Terminal 2A. Bottega Prosecco aims to share the exquisite wines of Italy with some authentic local dishes, providing a traditional Italian lifestyle experience to everybody. They are present at several airports, hotels and malls in Europe.

Before, they opened bars in Dubai, Istanbul, Venice, Bologna and Rome with a similar concept.

Hungary supports Romania’s, and Bulgaria’s Schengen Zone accession

We wrote multiple times that Hungary is a supporter of Romania’s and Bulgaria’s full membership of the Schengen Zone. However, there are influential adversaries of the project in the Schengen Zone. Austria is one of the opponents. Vienna worries about the many Romanian potential jobseekers who would flood Austria’s labour market if visa-free travel was granted.