Pegasus Airlines re-connects Budapest Airport with Istanbul, Turkey
2 weeks ago
The route resumes direct connectivity between Hungary’s capital city and Turkey’s major city which bestrides Europe and Asia, across the Bosphorus Strait
Turkish low-cost carrier will operate the 1,080km link with its fleet of 180-seat A320s
Initially, Budapest-Istanbul flights will be conducted twice-weekly
Flights from Budapest to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gӧkçen Airport have returned with Pegasus Airlines. The route resumes direct connectivity between Hungary’s capital city and Turkey’s major city which bestrides Europe and Asia, across the Bosphorus Strait.
The Turkish low-cost carrier will operate the 1,080km link with its fleet of 180-seat A320s, initially twice-weekly as travelers and the business community welcome the relaunch.
Turkish Pegasus Airlines has launched a new service from London Stansted (STN) to Batumi (BUS) in Georgia via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) from May 7.
The twice weekly service will depart on Fridays and Mondays at 00:05 a.m. with the return leg on Fridays at 7:40 p.m. and Mondays at 2:05 p.m.
It marks a further venture into connecting Eastern Europe and Stansted after Pegasus launched a service to Odesa International Airport (ODS), Ukraine on March 28, also via BUS. This became the carrier’s fifth service from Ukraine.
Pegasus now operates 233 market pairs for Summer 2021 across 44 countries, although its thickest routes are domestic, led by a link between SAW and Antalya Airport (AYT) which has more than 1 million departure seats available during the season, OAG data shows.