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Ferihegy Airport
Airport Directory » Hungary » Budapest » Ferihegy AirportBudapest Ferihegy International Airport (Hungarian: Ferihegyi Nemzetközi Repülőtér or just Ferihegy) (IATA: BUD, ICAO: LHBP) is the international airport assisting the Hungarian capital town of Budapest, and the biggest of the land's 5 international airports. The airport offers international connexions mainly within Europe, but also to Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. In 2007, the airport assisted 8.6 million riders.
The airport is turn up 16 klicks (10 land mile) east-southeast of the center of Budapest, accessible by the Üllői route.
Ferihegy is able to accept the Boeing 747, Antonov An-124 and Antonov An-225 but most of the traffic consists Airbus and Boeing twinjets and some long-haul Boeing 767s. Weather rarely deviates aircraft, when this does fall out aeroplanes normally district at Bratislava or Vienna.
On December 8, 2005, a 75% hazard in Ferihegy Airport was purchased by BAA plc for 464.5 billion HUF (approx. 2.1 billion USD), including the right of functioning for 75 yr.
On 20 October, 2006, BAA plc denoted aims to sell its hazard in Budapest Airport to a syndicate guided by the German airports group, HOCHTIEF AirPort GmbH, theme to the consent of the Hungarian State.
On 18 April, 2007, the redevelopment of Terminal one at Ferihegy Airport was presented Europe’s most prestigious heritage saving award, the Europa Nostra award. The interior designer, contractors, detergent builder and investors (the latter being BA) had the joint award of the European Commission and of the pan-European heritage saving organisation Europa Nostra for the redevelopment of the protected memorial infinites, the central hallway, the gallery and the piece of furniture at T1.
On six June, 2007, BAA and a syndicate guided by HOCHTIEF AirPort (HTA) officially closed and finished the dealing of the sale of BAA’s percentages in Budapest Airport (BA) to the HOCHTIEF AirPort Consortium.
History
Designing and building (1939-1944)
In 1938 the thought of construction a new airport in Budapest was born. The area in the bound of 3 colonies, Pestszentlőrinc-Rákoshegy-Vecsés, was portioned as the area of the new airport. The airport was thought as jointly for civil-military-sporting intentions. Civil installations were to be build up in the north-western and armed forces 1 in the south-western subdivision. Just as for each construction, a public sensible was asked for for the projecting and building of the traffic construction.
In December 1939, upon declaration of the effects of the sensible asked for in September that yr, the projects of Károly Dávid Jr. (1903-1973) were selected. The interior designer, who was 1 of the masterminds of modern Hungarian architectural art, woolgathered of a construction which resembled an aircraft from the top-side position. The work set about in 1942. To draw close the airport from the town, a 16 kilometre high-speed route was build between 1940 and 1943, which, after improvements, stays in use currently.
The armed forces constructions were build parallel to the polite building from 1940 but, due to the conflict state of affairs, faster. Aviation get down at at the airport in 1943. In wartime, the polite building slow down and then halt at the start of 1944. Towards the finish of World War II, many of the airport constructions were damaged. By the finish 1944, Budapest and its airport were under Soviet line of work.
Reconstruction (1947-1950)
In 1947 it was make up one's mind that the airport shall be retraced for general aviation. Under the three-year program 40 million forints were voted for those works. The opening observance was held in May 1950 and the subdivisions complete let Magyar-Szovjet Polgári Légiforgalmi Rt. (Hungarian-Soviet Civil Aviation Co. Ltd. – MASZOVLET), constituted in 1946, to function here. At that clip the air hose functioned only a few foreign voyages, in specific those to Prague, Bucharest, Warsaw and Sophia.
Magyar Légiforgalmi Vállalat (Hungarian Airlines – Malév) was constituted on 25 November 1954. The 1st regular voyage depart from the airport to the West was the Malév’s voyage into Vienna in summertime 1956. The 1st Western air hose which established a voyage to Budapest was KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in 1957. The traffic construction was complete in this time period and the continuing works of the 2500 m landing track were set about. At the finish of 1958 the landing track was continued to 3010 m and taxi strip D was complete.
Continued development (1960-1980)
The figure of landings at Budapest Airport has increased from 4,786 at the opening to 17,133 and in rider traffic from 49,955 to 359,338 by 1960.
In 1965, a survey was do on the development of the airport, which was implemented with more than a 10-year hold up from the finish of the 1970s. Aviation, airport and voyage command all called for more capacity and base. The Aviation and Airport Directorate (LRI) was constituted on one January 1973 and executed as an airline corporation, a craft corporation and an dominance, as good as investing, operator and air piloting projects.
In 1974, the rider traffic of Budapest Airport made 1 million. In 1977, a new control tower was made as good as a 2nd landing track parallel to the old 1 and a proficient ground for back up MALÉV aircraft. Use of the new 3,707 m landing track was get down in September 1983.
New base (1980-2000)
In 1980, the figure of districting aircraft and riders assisted attained 32,642 and 1,780,000, severally. The turning figure of riders called for more capacity. A new depot was make up one's mind upon. The foundation-stone of the new rider traffic construction to be made was establish on 16 November 1983. As from one November 1985, riders are had in Terminal 2, a installation in an area of 24 thousand square meter implemented from Austrian loans under general contracting. It was used by the aircraft and riders of Malév and then by those of Lufthansa, Air France and Swissair. The old depot has elongated to pick up the traffic of the air hose of other lands under a new name, Terminal 1.
In 1990 more than 40,0000 take-offs and landings were registered and 2.5 million riders were assisted.
In 1993, Malév set up the airport’s 1st Hungarian abroad voyage to New York. According to the traffic figs calculate for the millenary, the 2 depots assisting 4 million riders a yr assured to be deficient. The building of Terminal 2B was set about in 1997. The new construction of an area of more than 30 thousand square meter, together with the traffic apron, was opened in 1998 and all the foreign air hose travel there. It is able to have 3.5 million riders a yr with its 7 stand up near the construction supplied with rider spans and 5 distant stand up.
Public to public-private ownership
In January 2002, in position of the wasted Aviation and Airport Directorate 2 new organisations were constituted. HungaroControl got responsible for air piloting and Budapest Airport Zrt. for functioning of the airport. Between 1998 and 2005, rider figs at Budapest Airport duplicate – from 3.9 million to 7.9 million and major investing were called for.
This clip, the Hungarian State, sole owner of the airport, preferred for a partial denationalisation with the desegregation of a private strategical better half with international experience. In June 2005, the State’s denationalisation office started a sensible for a grant. Seventy 5 pct minus 1 vote of Budapest Airport Zrt.’s percentages were to be given to new private proprietors. The sensible was nail down by the finish of the yr and the British corporation BAA, owner and operator of the major British airports, took over the direction of the airport corporation.
One and one-half yr after, in June 2007, there was a modify in the direction when the new owner of BAA make up one's mind to dispose of its parts and sell them to the German corporation HOCHTIEF AirPort and 3 fiscal spouses.
Future program
Until 2011, Budapest Airport Zrt. shall be place more than 261 million euros in spreading out and modernising the airport’s base.
Among the labors are:
BUD Skycourt: A new depot construction named BUD Skycourt will link up Terminal 2A and 2B. Works have get down with a new transport corridor between Terminal 2A and B and the abandoning of the co-occurrence installations, the thread cutting observance is anticipated in late 2009. The BUD Skycourt is planned to unite the flowing of all riders through the airside retail area and connect all entrances on the airside. It will assist riders move through the depot in a more unwinding fashion. There shall be additional stores on the going floor and bars and eating house on the mezzanine floor stage. BUD Skycourt will duplicate the being commercial infinite of the airport and also ameliorate security functions with a new, centralised area for security check out.
On 20 October 2008, Budapest Airport opened 2 new installations at Terminal 2, the 1580 centare impermanent luggage form hallway and the 300 metre long impermanent transport corridor, anticipated to be tracked by approximately a million transport riders during the next 2 yr.
New wharf: Two new wharf with 16 new airbridges shall be put up at Terminal 2.
Apron development: More than 90,000 square meter of new apron area shall be constructed. http://www2.bud.hu/english/bud_future/t2_development
Terminal one: Terminal one – principally assisting the turning low-cost traffic – shall be spread out. The being construction is to be used for going away traffic only, while a new reaches hallway next to it will assist the incoming traffic and hence increase the depot’s capacity.
Airport City labor: Budapest Airport programmes to construct a self-contained Airport City, a business parkland within the district of the airport, in front end of Terminal 2. A 4-star hotel with 250 appartment and conference installations shall be constructed.
New Air Cargo City: New air freight installations shall be constructed next to Terminal 2. They are averaged to assist the airport as good as Budapest’s load business organisation.
New auto parkland: In front end of Terminal 2, a new multi-storey auto parkland shall be put up. This add 1600 new parkland locations.
In addition, the airport will construct a care depot as good as an engine prove run stand up.
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