OREANDA-NEWS. Emirates, a global enabler of business and trade, will commence services to Hungary from October this year with a daily flight to the capital Budapest.

Starting 27th October, Emirates will offer 278 seats per day on the Dubai-Budapest route, operating a wide-body A330-200 aircraft in a two class configuration. With the launch of Emirates' daily service, passengers in Hungary will have greater connectivity to key business and trading centres in the Far East and in the Middle East. Hungarian nationals now benefit from a visa-on-arrival in Dubai. With markets in Asia playing an increasing role in Hungary's foreign economic growth targets, Emirates expects to see strong demand for this new service, especially to countries like Thailand, China, Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean Islands.

Emirates' new Budapest route coincides with the opening of the airline's Customer Contact Centre in the city this October. Together, the new Emirates office and Customer Contact Centre will support 300 local jobs, resulting in a multi-million dollar investment in the local economy.