LONDON – Last Friday,
Airways was present at Debrecen Airport (DEB) where an Ilyushin IL-62 landed, resuming cargo traffic at the airport. Rada Airlines’ (RDA) IL-62 landed at DEB, following a flight from Dubai Al Maktoum (DWC) carrying automotive parts.
Debrecen Airport is located just 5 kilometres from the center of Hungary’s second-largest city. In addition to Debrecen, it serves Oradea and Satu Mare in Romania and Nyíregyháza in Hungary. According to
Free Map Tools, 4 million people live in a 120-kilometre radius of DEB.
After its opening in 1930, DEB handled mail and domestic traffic. Following World War II, Soviet forces used DEB as an airbase until the end of socialism in 1990. In the early 2000s, the city started improving at the airport. DEB saw mostly charter traffic in addition to short-lived scheduled services.