HUNGARY. Çelebi Ground Handling has opened two business lounges for premium airline cardholders and VIP travellers at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (Budapest Airport), including a refurbished Çelebi Platinum Lounge.
The €250,000 refurbishment sees the Terminal 2B Lounge offer the same high-level interior design and extra comfort as Çelebi Ground Holding’s additional VIP areas at Terminal 2A and the General Aviation Terminal. Located at the top of the transit area of Terminal 2B, it offers a view of the airport apron and quick access to all departing flights.
Last year, Çelebi Ground Handling signed a five-year lease agreement with Budapest Airport to provide lounge and ground handling services at the General Aviation Terminal. The building serves business jets and small private aircraft passengers such as movie stars, diplomats, business people and Formula 1 drivers and their teams.
In accordance with the agreement, Budapest Airport has refurbished the General Aviation Terminal, upgrading all daily operations areas including security, customs and border control. Çelebi Ground Handling in turn carried out a full interior redesign and upgrade of the lounge areas.
The refurbishments were marked with an open day that was attended by Çelebi Aviation Holding Chairman & Shareholder Çan Çelebioglu and CEO Onno Boots, as well as the Ambassador of Turkey in Budapest His Excellency Sakir Fakili and Çelebi Aviation Holding President Ground Handling & Cargo EMEA Atilla Korkmazoğlu.
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Turkish Ambassador Sakir Faikili and Çelebi Aviation Holding Chairman & Shareholder Çan Çelebioglu open the Platinum Lounge of Çelebi Ground Handling at Budapest Airport |
At the opening ceremony Boots remarked: “The investment in the new lounge confirms Çelebi’s long-term commitment to Budapest Airport, and reaffirms its focus on continuously enhancing services through a total quality approach that is strongly embedded in the Çelebi culture.”
Budapest Airport Property Director René Droese added: “We share the same business philosophy with Çelebi in passenger services, that “˜only excellent is acceptable’, since we want to provide an exceptional travel experience to all our passengers from low-cost customers to leading world business people who travel with their own business jets via Budapest. Budapest Airport wishes every success to Çelebi Ground Handling with the operation of their new GAT and Çelebi Platinum Lounge.”
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The full interior refurbishment included a new high-end design and extra comfort for passengers |
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