Hungary

Description of Market

Travel Industry Facts & Figures-      

 # of IATA travel agencies 260 (Head office located in Hungary = 88, Branches = 145, Implants = 27)
# of non IATA travel agenices 500+

-      Major corporate travel agencies

Carlson WL, Hogg Robinson, Amex, IBUSZ, OTP Travel, UNITED4

-      Major leisure travel agencies and tour operators IBUSZ, VISTA, AEROVIVA, TENSI, UNITED4, MALEV AIRTOURS, -      

Consolidators

– non existent in Hungary as such, we have IATA and non-IATA agencies and many of them also deal with
tour-operating business, but we have no consolidators.

Usually the non-IATA agencies are contracted to one of the well-
known IATA agencies and purchase their tickets from them -       

GDS Usage

Galileo	36%
Amadeus	42.8%
Worldspan	18.8%
Sabre	2.4%

  Internet Usage
-    What percent of citizens use the Internet 28-30%

What percent of citizens research and book their travel on the Internet

- about 25-30% of the internet users, around 10% of the total populations.

Carrier with the Most Service

 - MALEV, Hungarian Airlines , Lufthansa is the 2nd (1st non-Hungarian carrier)

Which airline has the most frequency in your country and what is its  market share?

MALEV Hungarian Airlines has the most services, since there is no reliable information available about the low-cost carriers, only the market share among the traditional carriers can be told: that is around 32%