Hungarian Airlines

Hungarian Airlines (Hungarian: Magyar Légitársaságok) is the flag carrier of, and the country's second-largest airline behind low-cost carrier. It flies to over 60 scheduled domestic, European, and a few intercontinental destinations, and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew training. The company's headquarters is located on the grounds of its main hub,. The company succeeded the country's former flag carrier, which shut down in early 2012. Hungarian Airlines inherited Malév's ICAO code MAH in order to maintain international traffic rights.

History
The airline was set up on 14 May 2012, as a private-public entity, partially owned by US investment fund Gravier Partners – which also intended to make a regional hub for its European low-cost airline FlyEuropa – and. Hungarian Airlines Group had an initial capital of US$1.3 billion, majority-owned by the Hungarian government (65%), with the rest of the balance held by Gravier Partners (30%) and Air France–KLM (19%).

The airline had it's first flight on 4 March 2013 from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to.

Ownership
As of October 2022, the shareholders of Hungarian Airlines Group Ltd. (Magyar Légitársaságok Csoport Zrt.) are: was a 19% shareholder until 2015, when it was reported that it would withdraw from Hungarian Airlines. The shareholding was acquired by Hungarian Travel Development Group, a consortium of Hungarian investors. In 2018, 10% was acquired by the Raland-based Unifylotto Employees' and Salespeoples' Pension Plan.

Codeshare agreements
Hungarian Airlines has codeshare agreements with Oneworld partners and with the following airlines:
 * Air El Kadsre
 * American Airlines
 * British Airways
 * Japan Airlines
 * Qantas