A new airline in Hungary named Sólyom Hungarian Airways is likely to
hit to the skies sometime soon in the future. But the owner of the
airline still remains a mystery. There are flutters within the aviation
industry to ascertain the real owner. Media reports quoting air industry
experts recently said that the secret investor behind Hungary’s new
airline Sólyom Hungarian Airways could be the leading Middle East
carrier Emirates Airlines. The reports cited Emirates Airlines as the
quite-likely investor after seeing the confidence of the new airline’s
management.
Sólyom Hungarian Airways recently held its first official press
conference in the last week of July 2013. The officials addressing media
persons said that the management has signed a deal with two strategic
investors. One investor is a tourism company registered in Oman, which
is a minority owner. The other investor is an unmade Dubai-based
company, which is providing with the necessary funding. The airline’s
launch is planned for the month of August this year.
The industry sources based on the assessment of Middle East airlines
have pointed out that there are three main air traffic hubs in the
Middle East, in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. All the three hubs have their
own airline, which together carry around 10 to 40 million passengers
every year, most of them being transit passengers. Emirates Airlines
with a huge fleet of 200 aircrafts is the largest carrier in the Middle
East, and is based in Dubai. Etihad Airways is another large airline
which recently bought nearly 30 percent stake in Airberlin. Seeing the
Middle East airlines spreading their wings in foreign countries by
acquiring stakes in airlines, it can be said that Emirates Airlines is
the likely mysterious investor in the new Sólyom Hungarian Airways.