Five Times a Week: It’s Back to Budapest for Air Canada

Air Canada has launched Toronto-Budapest flights, operating five times a week during peak season—Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—from Hungary’s beautiful capital to Canada’s largest city, until the end of October. 

Air Canada is operating the route using the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, giving passengers a choice of Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class.

The flight will operate from now to October 24, with a flight time of nine hours. Flights depart Toronto at 7:00 p.m. local time and arrive Budapest at 9:40 a.m. the following morning, while return flights depart the Hungarian capital at 11:45 a.m. and land in Toronto at 3:05 p.m. 

Air Canada is providing 47,680 seats between the two cities during the summer season.

“We are thrilled to be the only carrier offering a non-stop service between Budapest and Toronto, connecting families, tourists and businesses across the Atlantic with ease,” said Rocky Lo, Managing Director, International Sales, Air Canada.

“This service will also allow Hungarian customers to connect onto Air Canada’s impressive global network, notably into the U.S, the Caribbean, Central and Latin America.”

Francois Berisot, CEO of Budapest Airport, had this to say: “We are delighted to welcome Air Canada’s Budapest–Toronto flight, which is one of the most eagerly anticipated connections of this summer season by passengers, whether they are travelling for leisure or business.” 

“This connection is the second direct North American destination this summer, which will further strengthen the already extremely strong overseas interest in the Hungarian capital.”

The air link is expected to attract significant interest, as it meets an existing high level of demand — currently, nearly 90,000 passengers travel between the two countries each year. One-third of that demand is VFR, but there’s strong interest in Hungary’s leisure attractions, including very popular river cruising.