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Munich Airport has reached an important milestone in the recovery of its traffic after the Covid-19 pandemic: for the first time, the number of passengers exceeded 40 million again.

Since December 9, 2024, Lufthansa has been offering a new non-stop connection between Munich (MUC) and São Paulo (GRU). The route is served three times a week by an Airbus A350 - one of the most modern and fuel-efficient aircraft in the world.

Just in time for the start of the festive season, Santa Claus has landed in Munich from Rovaniemi in northern Finnish Lapland. Since December 3, the Norwegian airline Norwegian is offering direct flights between Munich and Rovaniemi on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The city on the Arctic Circle is considered the “official” hometown of Santa Claus and is home to the popular Santa Claus Village - a year-round highlight for children and adults alike. 

The Asian premium airline Cathay Pacific today announced that flights between the economic metropolis of Hong Kong and the Bavarian state capital will be introduced from mid-June 2025. As of then, it will be possible to fly four times a week to the city of over seven million inhabitants in southeastern China, at around lunchtime on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, on a modern and fuel-efficient Airbus A350-900.

Munich Airport relies on eGPU technology for energy supply

From Friday, November 15 2024, the Forum of the Munich Airport Center (MAC) will once again be transformed into a winter wonderland: Until December 31, the Christmas and winter market invites travelers and guests to stroll along the fir-lined square every day from 11 to 21 o'clock. Only on Christmas Eve the market closes at 16 o'clock.

Around 600 employees ensure safe flight operations during winter season

Etihad Airways celebrates 20th anniversary and increases number of flights to Munich

The new winter flight schedule begins at Munich Airport on the last weekend in October, which lasts from Sunday, October 27, 2024, to Saturday, March 29, 2025. 

Vietnam Airlines celebrated its premiere at Munich Airport with flights to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) will be a new tenant of LabCampus GmbH, Munich Airport’s innovation campus. The university of excellence is not only moving into around 20,400 m² of the innovation hub at Munich Airport, but is also establishing a “Convergence Center” there, among other things. The new TUM Convergence Center creates a unique ecosystem in which students, scientific talents, founding teams, business partners, and citizens can work together in an integrative and innovative way on pioneering projects. 

Munich AirportAcademy and Istanbul Airport's IGA Academy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to jointly develop innovative training programs and take education in the aviation industry to a new level. This collaboration will enable both academies to meet the changing needs of the aviation industry and provide students with a more comprehensive learning experience. 

The "Airports for Innovation" (A4I) initiative was launched in 2021 by the Spanish airport group Aena and Aeroporti di Roma. Munich Airport is now also a new member of this network, along with seven other airports: Athens International Airport, Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Narita Airport and Oman Airports. 

At the end of the Bavarian summer holidays, Munich Airport can report strong traffic figures: 6.2 million passengers used the airport in the past six weeks, ten percent more than in the previous year. The peak day was Sunday, September 1st – on that day 143,000 passengers used Munich Airport. The high demand for air travel was also reflected in the utilization of the aircraft: This was 86 percent during the holidays - an absolute record value. 

Airbräu, the brewery at Munich Airport, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. A week of festivities awaits visitors, chock full of anniversary offers and a varied program of music, a Ferris wheel, a wheat beer-themed event carousel and culinary highlights through September 15th, 2024.

Another step towards "Net Zero 2035", the sustainability strategy of Munich Airport, has been taken: MAN Truck & Bus Germany has delivered the first ten electric solo passenger buses to AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Airport. A further 27 electric buses of MAN Lion's City E 12 and E 18 models will be put into operation by the end of the year. There is an option to purchase 25 additional buses.

Long-haul non-stop flights between Munich Airport and destinations in the USA have undergone an enormous development and are continuing to grow. When the airport opened in 1992, there were 39 departures to five destinations each week. Today, there are 140 departures to 14 different airports. Yesterday, on Monday, the airport recorded the 50-millionth passenger to travel on the non-stop service to the United States since the airport was established.

For Munich Airport, 2023 was characterized by the further recovery of air traffic after the coronavirus pandemic and, above all, a return to profitability.  Entitled "MOVING OUR WORLD", the 14th integrated report that Munich Airport has now published highlights the key developments that took place in 2023.

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'.