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More than 19 million passengers in the first half of the year - flights at record load factor

Munich Airport International (MAI), the consulting subsidiary of Munich Airport, hosted a three-week training program for members of Hamad International Airport's (DOH) national talent development program 'ENJAZ'.

The new connection to Bahrain expands the wide range of flights between Munich and the Gulf States, which is also of great importance for tourism in Bavaria.

FlyLili launched its first flight from Brasov to Munich on June 28, 2024. The Romanian airline now offers scheduled flights to Brasov, located on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Flight FL1001 lands in Munich at 08:10 and flies back to Romania from Terminal 1 as FL1002 at 09:20.

Munich Airport and Lufthansa Airlines are launching a new partnership with Miles & More. This unique cooperation between an airport, an airline and a loyalty program offers travelers and visitors to Munich Airport an even more attractive shopping experience. From now on, participants can collect and redeem miles in many stores at the airport.

An innovative system for sustainable energy generation is currently in use at Munich Airport: a container with photovoltaic panels and wind rotors from FlowGen, a company specializing in green energy system solutions. In cooperation with Munich Airport, the mobile energy container is being used to charge electric vehicles.

The new pier at Terminal 1 of Munich Airport is progressing rapidly: after the exterior façade was completed last year, the interior fit-out is currently making great strides.

Lufthansa Cargo is expanding its operations at the southern German hub and will be operating freighters from the hub for the first time from 6 July 2024. An A321 freighter will connect Munich with Istanbul Airport twice a week, complementing the existing belly network from Munich. The new freighter connection is planned every Saturday and Sunday with flight numbers LH8350 / LH8351 and LH8346 / LH8347. Lufthansa Cargo customers can book their shipments on the new route with immediate effect.

On Friday afternoon, 218 passengers flew with Lufthansa from Munich to Seattle for the first time. The airline is now offering three weekly flights from Munich to the US metropolis on the Pacific using the most sustainable long-haul aircraft, an Airbus A350. This makes Seattle its fifth destination on North America's West Coast after San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver.

Munich Airport International GmbH (MAI) and its subsidiary, Munich Airport NJ LLC (MANJ) Operators of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), are proud to announce that EWR Terminal A was recognized as the “World’s Best New Airport Terminal,” during the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal Expo & Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. 

Thanks to significant passenger growth of 17 percent, Munich Airport (FMG) recorded a positive annual result (EAT) of EUR 25 million for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue increased to approximately EUR 1.4 billion. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) moved back into the positive range for the first time since 2019 at EUR 115 million. 

Munich Airport continued its recovery in first quarter of 2023, with around seven million passengers counted between January and March. This was 70% more than in the same period of the previous year. Due to the restrictions on international travel as a result of the pandemic, only a little over four million passengers had used Munich Airport for a flight in the first quarter of 2021. 

Delta Airlines, one of the world's largest airlines and one of Munich Airport's first customers, is now offering another destination from Munich to the USA. John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York is served on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The high passenger demand for flights to the USA has prompted.

Munich Airport International GmbH (MAI) and its subsidiary, Munich Airport NJ LLC (MANJ), today announced Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) was awarded a 5-Star Airport Terminal Rating from Skytrax, the air travel industry’s premier rating organization. 

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will launch four weekly flights from Bahrain to Munich from July 01, 2024. With an Airbus A321neo, Gulf Air will fly from Bahrain International Airport to Munich Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Gulf Air arrives in Munich at 06:35 and departs for Bahrain at 12:20. Flights on this route are now available for booking.

With the opening of “O2 SURFTOWN MUC” near Munich Airport in the summer of 2024, Allresto, the catering subsidiary of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), will be operating a restaurant in a partnership outside the airport campus for the first time. Inspired by the idea that the restaurant is not just a place to eat but also an “observation post” with a view of the lively surfing activity in the surf park’s wave pool, the name “Lookout” was chosen. 

The Michelin-starred restaurant at Munich Airport has reconfirmed its status: The Michelin star for the “Mountain Hub Gourmet” at the Hilton Munich Airport has now been awarded to head chef Marcel Tauschek (right), restaurant manager Karim Zarif, and their crew. The gourmet restaurant was awarded a Michelin star for the first time in 2022.

The Scandinavian airline Norwegian is expanding its range of flights from Munich with immediate effect. In addition to its three Scandinavian destinations of Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen, it will begin serving Alicante and Malaga again from the start of April, having suspended flights to these destinations during COVID.

Discover Airlines, a recent addition to the Lufthansa Group, is launching an extensive range of flights from Munich Airport to numerous vacation destinations in time for the summer 2024 flight schedule. Discover Airlines, which bills itself as a “leisure airline”, is stationing five Airbus A320s at Munich Airport for this purpose. 

On Sunday, March 31, 2024, Munich Airport launches its summer flight schedule, which this year runs until Saturday, October 26. The airlines have announced more than 3,300 departures per week for this seven-month period, approximately twelve percent more than in summer 2023.

Munich Airport can look back on a successful year in air freight in 2023. According to data from the German Airports Association (ADV), Munich Airport was the only major German airport to record growth in freight transportation in 2023. 

Direct flights can be booked effective immediately: Vietnam Airlines will take off from Munich Airport for the first time at the start of the 2024/25 winter flight schedule at the end of October. In so doing, the airline is expanding its Asian flight program from Munich and will fly passengers twice a week to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The airline will use either an Airbus A350-900 or a Boeing B787-9 for these new flights.