TRIP REPORT: Ryanair, Budapest - Prague
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Written by Marko
Written by Marko
As many people use alternative airports, due to very high ticket prices when trying to fly from Belgrade, this trip report will be about a flight from Budapest to Prague, on Ryanair.
Since Hainan stopped flying between Belgrade and Prague, it is no longer possible to find a ticket that costs around €100 for a return trip, therefore I had to fly from Budapest to Prague and back with Ryanair.
The ticket was cheap-ish, €60 for a return trip (Sunday to Wednesday). If you add up the cost of the shuttle that runs multiple times per day to Budapest airport from Belgrade (€50 return), some would say that it's not worth the hassle, but as I had some business in Budapest, it worked out perfectly.
This trip report will cover only the outbound leg of the journey.
Flight : FR4091
Terminal : T2B Gate : A11
Scheduled time of departure : 16:20 h / Actual time of departure : 16:41 h
Scheduled time of arrival : 17:30 h / Actual time of arrival : 17:34 h
Aircraft registration : EI-FZM
Flight time 00:53 h
Arriving to Budapest Airport is quite easy, there are two options when it comes to using public transport - a bus 100E, which is a direct shuttle from the Deák tér (city center), runs every 20 minutes, and the price is 900 HUF (around €3), and a bus 200E, which runs from Kőbánya-Kispest metro station, which is cheaper, but you need to use M3 metro to get to that station first.
Security was quite busy and it was displayed that the average time to get through is about 15 minutes.
After that, you end up in a quite large Duty Free, which you can’t circle, which I find interesting, as it’s a nice way to make people buy stuff.
The Budapest SkyCourt, which connects two terminals is really nice, it gives a nice view of the planes parked around and the ATC terminal. It features multiple fast food and coffee chains and a nice seating/dining area. There is also a Master Card lounge on the upper floor.
I had to wait a little until my gate was announced and was really surprised that it wasn’t departing from the “shed” terminal, as many call it, used primarily by low cost carriers. We were boarded through a regular gate, although, there was a bus downstairs that would take us to the plane.
The plane was only a year old and looked very nice and clean, both inside and outside. The new interior really improves the general image of Ryanair and the Boeing Sky interior gives a feeling like you’re flying on a much bigger jet.
We took off, with a small delay, from runway 13 L. Even though I was stuck in the middle seat, due to the new seats, I had plenty of legroom, although seats were a bit narrower when compared to other competitive LCCs. Service was non-existent and didn’t last more than 3 minutes, after which they tried to sell scratch cards that they are famous for. Ryanair doesn’t have seat pockets on their seats and the safety card is actually glued onto the seat, which explains how they manage their 25 minute turnaround out of the base, as the only thing crew have to do after a flight in the cabin would be waste collection, if there is any.
The flight lasted only 53 minutes. We landed at runway 24, and after a short taxi we were parked at the terminal. Disembarkation took place via front door, as there was a jet bridge in place.
It took only a couple of minutes to exit the terminal building, which was pretty empty around that time.
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