Hungary’s Orban Looks to Qatar for Help to Buy Budapest Airport

  • Premier Orban has repeatedly tried to purchase Budapest hub
  • Hungary looking for ‘strategic investor’ in Budapest Airport
The departures hall at Liszt Ferenc airport in Budapest, Hungary.Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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Qatar may help Hungary purchase Budapest Airport Zrt., a multi-billion dollar endeavour that has been stalled for two years because of a ballooning budget deficit, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

Hungary has continued to search for financing or partners in its quest to regain ownership of the Budapest hub, with a senior government official sayingBloomberg Terminal last month that the government was targeting a deal by year-end.