Outside of it, only the two ministers and the prime minister traveled this way.

Members of the government have flown a total of 29 police service helicopters since 2015. Most of the time, 20 times, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó used this: he wrote 24.hu based on information received from the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) with a request for data of public interest. The authority also stated that it would not keep any documentation in this regard retroactively.

The response revealed that in five years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and three ministers had used a police helicopter.

  • After Szijjártó, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér used the ORFK helicopters the most, eight times in total.
  • Then-Minister of Defense István Simicskó traveled this road once, in 2016.
  • Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also flew once, in 2015.

The police also affirmed that “the transport of people who enjoy permanent or temporary protection, carried out as a regulatory task, can be provided free of charge by a police service helicopter, for which there will be no special compensation.” In other words, the cost of the helicopters was borne by the police.

It is not known exactly how much the trips cost. To an earlier request for data from the sheet, ORFK responded that flight costs depend on a number of different factors, which they do not have an accurate statement.

The police, for their part, revealed that last year their helicopters flew a total of 26 minutes at 1688 hours, of which 22 hours 44 minutes were dedicated to transporting protected people.

Ákos Hadházy, an independent deputy of Parliament, drew attention to the helicopter trips of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Previously, the Foreign Ministry told him exactly where, for how long and why Szijjártó had been traveling this year.


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ORFK: A forward flew seven times in a police helicopter


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Only Péter Szijjártó uses police helicopters from among the ministers.

He responded with questions about his helicopter with a question about the stroller.


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At home

According to the Foreign Minister, if there were no helicopters, he should have chosen, for example, among the Hungarian party candidates on the other side of the border and a transfer in Berettyóújfalu.