Landing charges incentives | Passenger service charges incentives | Operational incentices
Landing charges incentives
All new routes may be eligible for generous discounts from landing fees. The generated criteria of all incentives are
- at least 2 weekly flights
- year around operation
- retroactive crediting
- new route: not operated by any other airline 1 year before launch
5-year incentive for airlines operating new long haul routes
Landing charge discount by year of operation
| Year one | Year two | Year three | Year four | Year five | |
| Level of discount | 100% | 100% | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Passenger service charge | 50% |
5-year incentive for airlines operating new short haul routes
Landing charge discount by year of operation
| Year one | Year two | Year three | Year four | Year five | |
| Level of discount | 100% | 75% | 50% | 25% | 10% |
Route Recovery - 2-year incentive for airlines starting routes recently terminated by other airlines - route recovery
Landing charge discount by year of operation
| Year one | Year two | |
| Level of discount | 100% | 50% |
1-Year incentive scheme for additional flights on existing international routes
Landing charge discount by year of operation
| Year one | ||
| Landing charge | 100% |
Passenger service charges incentives
In order to support new markets, Budapest Airport launches the new thin route incentive. New routes operated between 2 and 4 frequencies per week receive a retroactive dicount of 50% of the passenger service charge during the first three years of operation.
Discounts can be calculated by using the online charges calculator. (registered users only)
Seasonal incentive for airlines starting new short haul routes during the winter scheduling period
| Year one | ||
| Passenger service charge | 50% |
Operational incentives
Traffic increase incentive
| Departing pax | Level of discount |
| 0-499 999 | 0.00 EUR |
| 500 000-624 999 | 1.00 EUR |
| 625 000-749 999 | 1.50 EUR |
| 750 000-874 999 | 2.00 EUR |
| 875 000-999 999 | 2.20 EUR |
| 1 000 000 – 1 124 999 | 2.40 EUR |
| 1 125 000 – 1 399 999 | 2.60 EUR |
| over 1 400 000 | 2.80 EUR |
Seat load factor incentive
| Load factor from | Load factor to | Level of discount |
| 82.5% | 85% | 5% |
| 85% | 87.5% | 7.5% |
| 87.5% | 90% | 10% |
| 90% | 100% | 15% |
Turnaround productivity incentive
| Index from | Index to | Level of discount |
| 0.00 | 2.60 | 0% |
| 2.60 | 2.70 | 4% |
| 2.70 | 2.80 | 6% |
| 2.80 | 2.90 | 8% |
| over | 2.90 | 10% |
Turnaround index= pax number/turnaround time in min
General principles of all operational incentive schemes
• applicable in case of min. 50000 pax/annum
• max. incentive is capped at 4.50 EUR/departing pax
• Retroactive crediting
