Friday, March 21, 2025 Universal Air announces exciting new flights from Debrecen to Malta and Leipzig, with the first flight set to take off on March 30, 2025, boosting regional travel. Universal Air, the Maltese airline, has announced new flight routes from Debrecen International Airport to two highly sought-after destinations: Malta and Leipzig, Germany. The good news? The first flight will take off on March 30, 2025—just days away.
This new initiative follows the airline’s earlier route operations from Pécs, though there were unexpected seasonal closures of their Munich and Malta flights between January and May last year. The airline plans to resume services from Pécs in May 2025. Universal Air’s Previous Activity and Route Shifts In the past, Universal Air operated a route connecting Pécs with Malta and Munich.
This service began shortly before Hungary’s municipal elections in June 2024. The airline later expanded its network to include Corfu, Greece, with flights to both destinations running weekly. However, these routes were temporarily halted in January due to low winter demand, with plans to resume in May 2025.
Local tourism experts and officials speculate that the closures were tied to poor aircraft utilization during the off-peak months. Debrecen Airport’s New Developments and the Addition of Universal Air In a strategic move, Universal Air is now expanding its operations to Debrecen, a city in Eastern Hungary. Debrecen’s airport faced significant.
