Malev Hungarian Airlines

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Malev Hungarian Airlines was the former national flag carrier of Hungary, operating scheduled passenger flights across Europe and beyond until its closure in 2012.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airline
defunct airline
alliance Oneworld
callsign MALEV
ceasedOperationsOn 2012-02-03
cityServedAsFocus Budapest
country Hungary
dateDissolved 2012-02-03
dateFounded 1946
flagCarrierOf Hungary
fleetSizeAtClosure approximately 22 aircraft
formerName Maszovlet
foundedBy Government of Hungary
headquartersLocation Budapest
hubAirport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
IATAcode MA
ICAOcode MAH
industry aviation
joinedAlliance 2007
legalForm state-owned company (for most of its history)
mainBase Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
nationality Hungarian
notableEvent sudden suspension of all flights on 2012-02-03
operatedAircraftType Boeing 737-600
Boeing 737-700
Boeing 737-800
Bombardier Q400
Fokker F70
linked to: Fokker 70

Ilyushin Il-18
Ilyushin Il-62
Tupolev Tu-134
Tupolev Tu-154
operatedAsNationalAirlineUntil 2012
operatedRouteRegion Middle East
North Africa
Transatlantic
operatedServiceType cargo services
charter flights
scheduled passenger flights
operationalLifespan 1946–2012
primaryMarket Europe
reasonForClosure European Commission state aid ruling
financial difficulties
regulatorDecisionImpact ordered repayment of illegal state aid
sector commercial air transport
successorAirlineRole partially replaced by Ryanair on some routes
partially replaced by Wizz Air on some routes

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Tupolev Tu-134 usedBy Malev Hungarian Airlines
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-134 airliner
Fokker 70 majorOperator Malev Hungarian Airlines
Association of European Airlines hasMember Malév Hungarian Airlines
subject linked to: AEA
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
Maszovlet fullName Magyar–Szovjet Polgári Légiforgalmi Részvénytársaság
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
Maszovlet predecessorOf Malév Hungarian Airlines
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
Maszovlet successor Malév Hungarian Airlines
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
Maszovlet reorganizedInto Malév Hungarian Airlines
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
MA assignedTo Malév Hungarian Airlines
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines
MALEV callsignOf Malév Hungarian Airlines
linked to: Malev Hungarian Airlines