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VIDEO: Whirlwind bromance! How to spend 48 hours in Budapest

You can’t cover every inch of Budapest in two days, but you can certainly fit in some of the city’s most spectacular sights. Watch the video to find out how to make the most of 48 hours in this city of two halves.

Published: 8 March 2019 16:17 CET
VIDEO: Whirlwind bromance! How to spend 48 hours in Budapest
Photo: Pau (left) and Alex (right) in Budapest

The Local and Lufthansa recently ran a competition to reunite three pairs of long-distance friends in three of Europe’s most exciting cities. Buddies Alex Newcome and Pau Revilla Besora, who live in Denmark and Spain respectively, are the second set of friends to meet halfway — this time in beautiful Budapest.

Discover this lively city of baths, bars and bountiful history along with them.

Discover what else there is to do in Budapest

This article was produced by The Local Creative Studio and sponsored by Lufthansa.

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Copenhagen Airport delays: Air traffic controllers borrowed to ease shortage

Air traffic control company Naviair will loan air traffic control staff from the smaller Roskilde Airport to solve persistent flight delays out of Copenhagen.

Published: 16 May 2023 17:22 CEST
Copenhagen Airport delays: Air traffic controllers borrowed to ease shortage

The loan of staff from Roskilde Airport will be in place throughout the peak summer season, Naviair said in a statement.

The decision has been made to prevent major flight delays affecting passengers at Copenhagen Airport.

Naviair said that the solution will give it enough cover for most of the summer flight traffic without lengthy delays or asking air traffic controllers to work overtime.

Capacity at Roskilde Airport will be reduced during the period.

“The plan is going to have some consequences. The reallocation of air traffic controllers means reduced capacity at Roskilde Airport, whose users we naturally apologise to,” Naviair director of traffic Thorsten Elkjær said in the press statement.

READ ALSO: Airline Norwegian threatens to ‘find alternative’ to Copenhagen Airport over delays

The shortage of air traffic controllers and related dispute between their trade union and Naviair, their employer, has resulted in delays for hundreds of thousands of passengers at Copenhagen Airport in recent weeks.

Naviair has asked its staff to take on extra shifts due to the shortage but has also said it has increased intake on training programmes to eventually increase the number of staff available. 

The air traffic controllers have said that the overtime is not at a manageable level, and that they have taken 1,500 additional shifts so far this year.

Figures from April show that some 45 percent of flights from Copenhagen Airport were delayed last month and the issue has continued into May.

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