"in the project from November 2011 until August 2012: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey. European Destinations of Excellence European Destinations of ExcelleNce, also known by the acronym EDEN, is an initiative launched by the European Commission promoting sustainable tourism development models across Europe. The project is based on national competitions which take place every year since 2006 and results in the selection of a “destination of excellence” for each participating country. The winners are emerging, lesser known destinations located in the 27 EU Member States,"
"Malév Hungarian Airlines MALÉV Ltd. (), which did business as MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (, abbreviated ""MALÉV"", ), was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until 2012. Its head office was in Budapest, with its main hub at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The airline flew to over 50 cities in 34 countries with a fleet of 22 aircraft. Malév joined the Oneworld alliance on 29 March 2007. On 3 February 2012, Malév ceased operations and on 14 February 2012 was declared insolvent by the Metropolitan Court of Budapest. Hungarian civil aviation was pioneered by airlines such as ""Aero Rt."""
"general aviation only. On November 25, 1954 Hungary bought the Soviet Union's shares in the company. This meant the end of Maszovlet and the birth of the new national airline Malév, which existed until its dissolution in 2012. Maszovlet Maszovlet (short for ""Magyar–Szovjet Polgári Légiforgalmi Részvénytársaság,"" ""Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company"") was a Hungarian airline founded on March 29, 1946. It was a predecessor of Malév. The first Hungarian airline companies, ""Aero Rt.,"" ""Magyar Aeroforgalmi Rt."" (Maefort) and ""Magyar Légiforgalmi Rt."" (Malért) had to suspend operations during World War II. Maszovlet was founded after the war as the"
"Podgorica, Sarajevo, and Târgu Mureș) were not served by any other Oneworld members. Malév Hungarian Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines, beside Oneworld members: MALÉV's fleet consisted of the following aircraft, with an average age of 8.4 years, at the time of its shutdown on 3 February 2012: Malév Hungarian Airlines MALÉV Ltd. (), which did business as MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (, abbreviated ""MALÉV"", ), was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until 2012. Its head office was in Budapest, with its main hub at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The airline flew to over 50 cities"
"Maszovlet Maszovlet (short for ""Magyar–Szovjet Polgári Légiforgalmi Részvénytársaság,"" ""Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company"") was a Hungarian airline founded on March 29, 1946. It was a predecessor of Malév. The first Hungarian airline companies, ""Aero Rt.,"" ""Magyar Aeroforgalmi Rt."" (Maefort) and ""Magyar Légiforgalmi Rt."" (Malért) had to suspend operations during World War II. Maszovlet was founded after the war as the national airline of the newly Communist state, with technical assistance from the Soviet Union. The airline was jointly owned by Hungary and the USSR. In the beginning its fleet consisted of five 21-seat Lisunov Li-2 passenger aircraft (a"
"government. After having two planes seized at foreign airports by creditors, MALÉV immediately ceased all flight activity on 3 February 2012, after 66 years of continuous operation. The airline's total debts were 60 billion forints (US$270.5 million) at the time of shutdown. The shutdown occurred at 6 AM Western European Time on 3 February 2012. On 14 February 2012, the Metropolitan Court of Budapest declared MALÉV Ltd. insolvent. Hitelintézeti Felszámoló Nonprofit Kft. (Credit Institutional Liquidator Nonprofit Ltd.) received the appointment as the liquidator of MALÉV Ltd. Before its closure, the airline had 2,600 employees and almost half of the air"
"(founded 1910), ""Magyar Æeroforgalmi Rt."" (Maefort) and ""Magyar Légiforgalmi Rt."" (MALÉRT (mɒleːrt)). The widespread devastation of World War II forced these airlines to suspend airline service in 1940-44, and they were ultimately replaced by Maszovlet as the national airline after the war. Maszovlet was founded on 29 March 1946, as the Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company (""Magyar-Szovjet Polgári Légiforgalmi Rt."" also known as ""MASZOVLET""). A merge between ""Malert"", ""Maefort"" and the Hungarian part of ""Aeroflot"". The initial fleet consisted of 21-seat Li-2 passenger aircraft (the Soviet-licensed DC-3) and 3-seat Po-2 ""taxis"", used for precision air mail: sacks of"
"2009. During the management of Martin Gauss, MALÉV reached a load factor above industry average among ""traditional"" airlines, comparable of that of low-cost airlines. One of the reasons of the departure of Martin Gauss as CEO of MALÉV was the benefit ceiling established by the newly elected government, led by Orban Viktor, in 2010, where a ceiling of €8000 gross salary (approx €5000 net) was set for all managers, governing state owned companies. The airline was renationalised in February 2010, with Hungarian Government state holding company MNV acquiring a 95 per cent stake in the airline. The remaining 5 per"
"Brussels (Charleroi), Rome (Ciampino), Liverpool and London (Stansted). Flights were bookable until 20 September 2009 and certain flights till 17 December 2009. All flights were sold at a price of €25, one way, taxes and charges included. Malév Hungarian Airlines also accepted people holding SkyEurope tickets on their flights for a discounted price. Malév was offering one-way travel options to a total of 12 cities for all those who held a SkyEurope air ticket and were unable to board their flight because of the bankruptcy proceedings launched against the company. The one-way air tickets were priced from €49. Wizz Air"
"Malert MALÉRT (""Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T."") was a Hungarian airline, founded on November 19, 1922. The airline merged with MAEFORT (""Magyar Aeroforgalmi R.T."") and Aeroflot in 1944-46 into MASZOVLET (""Magyar-Szovjet Légiforgalmi Társaság"") a forerunner of MALÉV Hungarian Airlines. By 1929, the airline flew regular flights connecting Budapest with Belgrade and Vienna. The main fleet before 1939 were eight triple-engined German-built Junkers Ju52/3m aircraft HA-JUA to HA-JUG, one airplane HA-DUR for the government, delivered between 1933-39. Five somewhat comparable triple-engined Italian-built Savoia Marchetti S.M.75 aircraft HA-SMA to HA-SME, delivered in 1938-39. And also 3 German-built Focke-Wulf Fw 58 airplanes, with the codes"
"transport, and all trains, other than those with cooperation of other foreign companies on international routes, are operated by its company 'Ukrzaliznytsia'. Transport by air is developing quickly, with a visa-free programme for EU nationals and citizens of a number of other Western nations, the nation's aviation sector is handling a significantly increased number of travellers. The Euro 2012 football tournament, held in Poland and Ukraine as joint hosts, prompted the government to invest heavily in transport infrastructure, and in particular airports. The Donetsk airport, completed for Euro 2012, was destroyed by the end of 2014 because of the ongoing"
"cent remained with AirBridge. In December 2010, the European Commission began an investigation into illegal government subsidies of Malév. On 9 January 2012, the European Union considered the state aid received by MALÉV illegal and ordered Hungary to recover it from the company. The European Commission ordered MALÉV to repay various forms of state aid received from 2007 to 2010, totalling 38 billion forints (€130 m; $171 m), a sum equal to its entire 2010 revenue. At the end of January 2012, MALÉV announced that it could no longer fund its own operations, and requested more subsidies from the Hungarian"
"destinations in Croatia and Montenegro since 2003. With the first Embraer EMB 120, purchased in the summer of 2005, tourist flights have continued and increased, adding to the destinations also Tivat, Corfu and Burgas, in collaboration with the major Hungarian Tour Operators. Between 2006 and 2011, BASe Airlines flew on behalf of Air Moldova, in particular following the expansion of the fleet, which since 2008 has seen the purchase of two additional EMB-120s. In the same period BASe began to operate a helicopter Bell 206 for tourist flights and aerial work. In 2007, a contract was signed with the national"
"itself, Norway, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (UNMIK as Kosovo representative under Security Council resolution 1244). The last two EU member states to sign it were Slovakia and Latvia respectively on 13 June 2006 and 22 June 2006. In addition Serbia signed on 29 June 2006 and Montenegro on 5 July 2006. Georgia signed a CAA on 2 December 2010 and Moldova signed on 26 June 2012. These CAA agreements are currently undergoing ratification. The first round of negotiations on an EU-Azerbaijan Common Aviation Area started in Baku on 24 January 2013. Ukraine had"
"Slov-Air Slov-Air (also styled Slov Air or Slovair) was an airline from Czechoslovakia (respectively Slovakia following the dissolution), which provided services for agriculture, civil engineering, helicopter emergency medical service and the industry. The roots of the airline can be traced back until to 1924, when the Bata Shoe company began to build up an in-house airline for its corporate travel demand, operating small aircraft or gyrocopters like the Cierva C.30. Following the establishing of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1948, Bata Shoes was nationalised, and the airline was re-organized as Svitlet. When in 1950 CSA was established as state airline of"
"737-200 HA-LEW was stored in 2011 and having completed its post-overhaul test flight on April 24, 2014, has been sold to Nolinor Aviation of Canada. CityLine Hungary CityLine Hungary Ltd. is a Hungarian charter airline based at Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. The airline has its headquarters in Vecsés, Hungary. The airline was founded in March 2003 with the aim of providing cargo operations to European, African and CIS countries with two Antonov An-26B aircraft. In 2009, the airline began operating passenger flights from Milan-Malpensa Airport in Italy to holiday destinations with a Boeing 737-200 aircraft. CityLine Hungary employed 120+ employees"
"HA-FOA to HA-FOD. Mainstream services operated in 1938-9 were daily Budapest-Kraków-Warsaw, daily Budapest-Prague and daily Budapest-Vienna. Malert MALÉRT (""Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T."") was a Hungarian airline, founded on November 19, 1922. The airline merged with MAEFORT (""Magyar Aeroforgalmi R.T."") and Aeroflot in 1944-46 into MASZOVLET (""Magyar-Szovjet Légiforgalmi Társaság"") a forerunner of MALÉV Hungarian Airlines. By 1929, the airline flew regular flights connecting Budapest with Belgrade and Vienna. The main fleet before 1939 were eight triple-engined German-built Junkers Ju52/3m aircraft HA-JUA to HA-JUG, one airplane HA-DUR for the government, delivered between 1933-39. Five somewhat comparable triple-engined Italian-built Savoia Marchetti S.M.75 aircraft HA-SMA"
"Malév's fleet in late 1975. In 1980 it went through an overhaul, and was converted into a CAT-II category aircraft (154B-2). In 1983, with the addition of a ""Comfort"" class it was reconfigured as a 143-seater. Its last flight was from Heraklion International Airport. It was towed to the aviation museum in 1994. Its total flight time is 21,554 hours. Its interior, including the cockpit, can be visited. This Yakovlev Yak-40 plane arrived in Hungary in late 1975. It was ordered by LRI and was used to test and authenticate navigation equipment both in Hungary and abroad. It has never"
"to Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey until December 2008: The MAT Macedonian Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (at 1 September 2009): The average age of the MAT Macedonian Airlines fleet was 17.8 years (at 1 September 2009). MAT Macedonian Airlines MAT Macedonian Airlines (, tr: ""Makedonski Aviotransport (MAT)"") was the national flag carrier airline of the Republic of Macedonia. It operated scheduled services between Skopje and Ohrid and several destinations in Europe. It was based in Skopje with its main base at Skopje Airport. Macedonian Air Transport was established on 16 January"
"February 2015, Air Moldova phased out their remaining single Embraer EMB-120 which was operated on lease by Tandem Aero. In 2012, Air Moldova transported 506,000 passengers. In 2013, Air Moldova transported 527,000 passengers. In 2015, Air Moldova transported 1,000,000 passengers. Air Moldova Air Moldova is the national airline of Moldova headquartered in Chișinău. It mainly operates scheduled and charter services to destinations within Europe from its base at Chișinău International Airport. The origin of Air Moldova can be traced to 19 September 1944, when the first unit of Po-2 transport aircraft arrived in Chișinău and the Moldovan Independent Squadron was"
"a slightly modified schedule. The first jet route was announced to Munich on 1 April 1, 2016. Starting 17 June 2016, Adria Airways would operate a thrice-weekly connection to Munich onboard its CRJ aircraft. Adria Airways is the flag-carrier of Slovenia, but at this time had already gained a lot of experience outside of Slovenia, also in Poland where an aircraft is based in Łódź. Furthermore, it is active in Albania and Kosova and supports the establishment of the new Estonian flag-carrier. Another route was just one week later, a thrice-weekly connection to London Luton operated by Wizzair. Wizzair thereby"
"this destination has been defunct ever since. Gomel airport is now mainly used for charter flights to Italy, Belgium, Spain and some other Western European countries, those flights are organised by Western European organisations that take children from Gomel to Western Europe to host families for recreation purposes. In summer 2014, because of local population's awareness about instability and ongoing war in Ukraine, Belavia started to carry out new charter flights from Gomel to Thessaloniki and Burgas. Flights to Kaliningrad since summer 2014 have a stopover at Minsk National Airport. Suburban bus route from airport to Gomel central bus station"
"airline Malév Hungarian Airlines to start running some of its regional flights. During the first season, BAS Airlines flew to Ljubljana and Timișoara on behalf of Malév. The BASe fleet includes the following aircraft types (at October 2018): Budapest Aircraft Service Budapest Aircraft Service Ltd. or BASe Airlines ( or BASe Kft), is a Hungarian airline based in Budapest, Hungary. BASe Airlines was established in December 1991 by experienced aviation pilots and technicians. The company was based in Budapest, so Budapest-Ferihegy Airport was chosen as the basis for the operations. The flight operations began with two leased LET L-410 and"
"of 1937, immediately becoming the main and the only international airport of Hungary, and the home base of Malert (the forerunner airline of Maszovlet, which later became Malév Hungarian Airlines). The services operated in the summer of 1938 are shown here: A service from Heston via Frankfurt was started by British Airways Ltd in April 1939, using Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra aircraft. By 1950, Malert had been replaced by Maszovlet, 51% owned by the USSR, which operated services to Bratislava, Prague, Bucharest and Venice. Other airlines operating into Budaörs were Aeroflot, Czech Airlines, KLM, JAT Jugoslovenski Aerotransport, LOT Polish"
"the airlines operated only a few foreign flights, in particular those to Prague, Bucharest, Warsaw and Sofia. Magyar Légiforgalmi Vállalat (Hungarian Airlines – Malév) was established on 25 November 1954. The first regular flight taking off from the airport to the West was the Malév's flight into Vienna in summer 1956. The first Western airline which launched a flight to Budapest was KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in 1957. The traffic building was finished in this period and the lengthening works of the runway were started. At the end of 1958 the runway was lengthened to and taxiway D was finished."
"M14 | M15 | M16 | M17 | M18 | M19 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M23 Note: ""State highways are important national routes and are not necessarily high-speed roads"" The aviation section in Ukraine is developing very quickly, having recently established a visa-free program for EU nationals and citizens of a number of other 'Western' nations, the nation's aviation sector is handling a significantly increased number of travellers. Additionally, the granting of the Euro 2012 football tournament to Poland and Ukraine as joint hosts has prompted the government to invest huge amounts of money into transport infrastructure,"
"mail were dropped from the aircraft when flying over its destination. In 1950, Malév's operating base moved from Budaörs to the newly opened airport at Ferihegy, where it remained. On 25 November 1954, Hungary acquired all the Soviet shares of MASZOVLET, and renamed the company, MALÉV was born. Ilyushin Il-14 twin piston-engined transport aircraft were acquired in the late 1950s. Operations were expanded, with flights extending to nearby countries and, following the 1965 acquisition of Ilyushin Il-18 turbine propellor airliners, and the subsequent 1968 purchase of jet-powered Tupolev Tu-134s from the Soviet Union, across Europe and the Middle East. Even"
"to Amsterdam, Brussels, Billund, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Munich, New York, Nice, Paris, Stockholm and Zurich. Braathens SAFE offered international services to Alicante, Billund, London-Gatwick, Málaga, Newcastle and Stockholm. Lufthansa offered flights to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. Other European airlines that provided services to their main hubs included Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo), Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle), Air Malta (Valletta), TAP Air Portugal (Lisbon), AirUK (London-Stansted), Alitalia (Milan), British Airways (London-Heathrow), Dan-Air (London-Gatwick), Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK), Iberia (Madrid) and (Barcelona), Icelandair (Reykjavík), KLM (Amsterdam), LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw), Pan Am (New York-JFK) and Sabena (Brussels). Aviation in"
"In February 2012 Hainan Airlines announced that they would cease services to Beijing from Budapest. Prior to the collapse of Malév, Hainan had a partnership with Malév, which included a codeshare. In May 2013 Hochtief Group announced the sale of its Airports unit HOCHTIEF AirPort which held a stake in the Budapest Airport and other airports to the Canadian Pension fund Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Following the sale HOCHTIEF AirPort was renamed AviAlliance. From June 2015, transatlantic flights were restored with two carriers flying to Toronto and Montreal. As of July 2015, the ownership of the Budapest"
"Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom"". SAFA programme The SAFA Programme was initially launched by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in 1996. The Programme was not based upon a European legal binding basis, but upon a commitment of the Directors General of the participating ECAC Member States. The scope"
"graphic designer László Zsótér (DLA) in 1986 and consecutively adopted during the following years. The last Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft was withdrawn from service in 2001. In 2003, MALÉV began replacing its Boeing 737 Classic aircraft with 737 Next-Generation planes. It then ran a fleet of 18 Boeing 737 Next Generations, as well as 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q-400s for short-haul routes. From 1999 to 2007, the Hungarian State Privatization Company ÁPV Plc. () owned 99.5% of Malév shares. The other 0.5% were in the hands of small shareholders. ÁPV Plc. repeatedly tried to privatise Malév, finally selling it to"
"2011 Avis Amur Antonov An-12 crash On 9 August 2011, an Antonov An-12 aircraft of Avis Amur was operating a Russian domestic cargo flight from Magadan Airport to Keperveyem Airport, carrying nine crew and two passengers. An engine fire was reported en route and the aircraft subsequently crashed northeast of Magadan, killing all on board. The accident aircraft was Antonov AN-12BP registered RA-11125, c/n 3341006. The aircraft had first flown in 1963 and at the time of the accident was the oldest Russian registered aircraft flying in commercial service. The aircraft took off from Magadan Airport for Keperveyem Airport, carrying"
"Middle East airlines. Former members include Air Polonia (ceased operations on 5 December 2004), Bmibaby (ceased operations on 9 September 2012), Flying Finn (ceased operations on 27 January 2004), My Way Airlines, later MyAir.com (ceased operations on 24 July 2009), SkyEurope (ceased operations on 1 September 2009), Sterling(ceased operations on 29 October 2008), Volareweb.com(ceased operations on 12 January 2009), Basiqair (merged into Transavia.com on 1 January 2005), Clickair (merged into Vueling on 15 July 2009), Hapag-Lloyd Express, later TUIfly (merged into TUIfly in January 2007), and Blue Air. European Low Fares Airline Association The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA)"