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The first flight from Munich to Pécs-Pogány Airport on the day scheduled air service resumed
After just under two months of operation, the flight route between the southwestern Hungarian city of Pécs and Munich was suspended in June. Now the Hungarian city administration faces the prospect of financial losses amounting to several hundred thousand euros. While the opposition party FIDESZ is demanding a full investigation, the independent city administration defends itself by stating that the German operator had been subjected to “extremely rigorous” vetting beforehand.
It was supposed to be a long-term flagship project for the region, designed to last at least four years. But on June 10, flight operations on the Pécs–Munich route ended prematurely. The German operator, Skyhub PAD GmbH & Co. KG, has since filed for bankruptcy. For the Hungarian city of Pécs, the sudden end to the project has costly consequences. The city administration is left with claims totaling several hundred thousand euros against the insolvent company.
Péter Csizmadia, FIDESZ faction leader on the Pécs City Council and chair of the Legal and Rules of Procedure Committee, voiced sharp criticism.
The premature end of the project threatens to cost the citizens of Pécs several hundred thousand euros in damages.
Péter Csizmadia announced an official investigation to thoroughly clarify how the city administration ended up in this situation and who bears responsibility for the financial fiasco.
The city governors are defending themselves against the criticism and stated through their press office that the company Skyhub had undergone an extremely rigorous due diligence review prior to signing the contract. At that time, they said, there were no indications of impending insolvency. The company had more than doubled its number of investors from 40 to 100 within a single year and had a contractual relationship with Danish Air Transport (DAT)—an official partner airline of Lufthansa.
“The city administration of Pécs could not have acted more prudently,” the statement reads.
More precise figures on the final financial loss are not expected until the fall.
The settlement of ticket revenues is expected to be completed in September or October. Only then will it be clear how much money can actually be recovered from the city’s investments.
Pécs-Pogány Airport. Photo: MTI/Ruprech Judit
According to a draft resolution submitted by external Deputy Mayor Csaba Ruzsa (appointed from outside the city council), a politician affiliated with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), the city transferred a total of 774,000 euros to Skyhub through its municipal tourism company.
Since the operator only partially fulfilled the contract, the proposal identifies a valid claim by the city of approximately 360,000 euros against the insolvent company.
To secure this money, the city’s municipal operating company must file its claims as a creditor’s claim in the German insolvency proceedings.
Skyhub’s failure is the latest in a series of setbacks for the regional airport, located in the municipality of Pogány, bordering Pécs to the south. The airport, that opened in 2006, is designed for small and medium-sized passenger aircraft (50 to 100 seats), but has been used primarily by recreational pilots for years. In addition, the Hungarian light aircraft manufacturer Magnus Aircraft Zrt. has operated a production facility there since 2018.
In its 20-year history, the airport has seen three attempts to launch regular scheduled flights—all of which failed due to the operators’ financial difficulties:
- 2006: Austrian Airlines operated the Pécs–Vienna route for about half a year but then discontinued the service due to low passenger volume.
- 2024–2025: The Maltese airline Universal Air served routes to Munich, Malta, and Corfu from spring 2024 through summer 2025.
- 2026: Skyhub launched the Munich route at the end of March. Despite a partnership starting in May that allowed Lufthansa connecting flights from Munich to be booked directly from Pécs, passenger interest remained low. According to the city council proposal, the flights took off with an average load factor of 40.6 percent—far too low economically for sustainable operations.
Via MTI, Featured image: MTI/Ruprech Judit
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