Press: From the north to the south

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.

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 "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. 

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.

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

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.

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.