Berlin Tegel Airport provided the impetus for Dan-Air to take over the failed carrier's charter contracts and to expand its own operations at Tegel. Dan-Air, one of Britain's foremost wholly private, independent airlines during the 1970s and 80s, eventually became the third-biggest operator at Tegel Airport, ahead of Air France. In addition to firmly establishing itself as the airport's and West Berlin's leading charter airline, it also operated scheduled services linking Tegel with Amsterdam Schiphol, Saarbrücken and London–Gatwick, its main operating base. By the time that airline was taken over by British Airways at the end of October 1992, it had served Tegel
Budaörs Airport Budaörs Airport Budaörs Airport (), is an airport located to the south-west of Budapest, Hungary. Now serving general aviation, it was once Hungary's only international airport. Until the opening of Budaörs, Budapest's main airport was Mátyásföld Airfield (), east of Budapest. This was a very small airfield, and a replacement was established at Budaörs, at the south-western limit of Budapest's city boundary. Half of the airfield is within the city boundary, and half in Budaörs, in Pest County. Planning for the airport started in 1935, and in 1936 design competitions for the terminal and main hangar were held. Construction started