[h=1]Malév shuts down, but which carriers might be interested in the 27 monopoly routes from Budapest?[/h]
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Malév's collapse leaves up to 27 uncontested routes vacant.
Malév’s cessation of operations today begs the question of what the route network implications are for
Budapest Airport. During the current winter season, Malév has accounted for just over 42% of Budapest’s scheduled traffic, operating to 43 destinations non-stop. On 21 of these routes (accounting for 65% of Malév’s weekly seat capacity), passengers have had the choice of at least one alternative airline, while the remaining 22 routes are not served by any other carrier. For the upcoming summer season, Malév’s network was expected to grow to 54 non-stop routes, of which 27 would be served by at least one other carrier and 27 on which Malév would have been facing no direct competition.
[h=2]27 routes of interest to other carriers?[/h] The routes that are already served by other carriers will likely see frequency and/or capacity increases. But what of the other 27 destinations? These are summarised in the following table by country.
Country | Destination (code, weekly frequency) |
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Albania | Tirana (TIA, 13) |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Sarajevo (SJJ, 7) |
Bulgaria | Sofia (SOF, 11), Varna (VAR, 10) |
Croatia | Split (SPU, 6), Zagreb (ZAG, 18) |
Cyprus | Larnaca (LCA, 9) |
Germany | Hamburg (HAM, 12) |
Greece | Athens (ATH, 14), Heraklion (HER, 3), Rhodes (RHO, 2), Thessaloniki (SKG, 14), Zakynthos (ZTH, 2) |
Italy | Milan Malpensa (MXP, 14) |
Jordan | Amman (AMM, 5) |
Kosovo | Pristina (PRN, 14) |
Lebanon | Beirut (BEY, 7) |
Libya | Tripoli (TIP, 3) |
Macedonia | Skopje (SKP, 13) |
Montenegro | Tivat (TGD, 6) |
Romania | Cluj Napoca (CLJ, 14) |
Russia | St Petersburg (LED, 4) |
Serbia | Belgrade (BEG, 9) |
Spain | Malaga (AGP, 1) |
Sweden | Gothenburg (GOT, 11) |
Syria | Damascus (DAM, 4) |
Ukraine | Odessa (ODS, 10) |
Source: OAG Max Online for w/c 2 July 2012 | |