Budapest Airport has celebrated the launch of Wizz Air’s daily service to Istanbul, marking the Hungarian gateway’s first Turkish connection. The ultra-low-cost carrier will utilise its fleet of A321 Neos on the 1,017 km sector, providing an additional 1,195 one-way weekly seats to the transcontinental country. Balázs Bogáts, Airline Development Director at Budapest Airport, said that Turkey is the airport’s fifth largest country market and that the new route, which will be joined by the carrier’s connection to Antalya later in the season, will offer more than 50 weekly flights to four popular destinations in the large peninsula. “As a significant crossroad for trade and transportation between the East and the West, we’re sure there will be high demand for Wizz Air’s service to Istanbul, from both business and leisure customers,” said Bogáts. Budapest Airport will offer more than 1,500 flights to Turkey this summer, serving Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir, and Sabiha Gökçen.