Historic landing - the first Hungarian passenger plane lands at the new Szekler airport

The Aeroexpress airline's passenger aircraft was the first to land at the airport under construction in Gergyóremete, Szeklerland, during a test flight, the Hungarian airline informed MTI on Tuesday.

The Embraer 120ER aircraft, capable of carrying 30 people, arrived in Gheorghomorets from Budapest. The aircraft passed the mandatory border control in Cluj-Napoca, and the flight time from the Hungarian capital was one and a half hours.

Dániel Somogyi-Tóth, the founder of the airline, explained that they have been working for years to establish air links between Hungary and Transylvania, which is difficult to do by car or rail. They plan to do this based on the experience of their parent company, BASe Airlines Zrt, in Finland, where they also use this method to reach the more difficult-to-reach areas.

Attila Balázs, the airport's visionary and builder, head of the Bayer group of companies, stated that they plan to launch two daily flights between Gyergyóremete and Budapest next year. One will provide connections for the group's businesses, while the second will be open to the general public, he emphasised.