Press: Reducing carbon emissions to “net zero” by 2050

Munich Airport is launching a unique and long-term climate-protection project: FMG has come to an agreement with the Count Arco’sche Forest Administration to turn existing forests in eastern Bavaria into “climate forests” that store as much carbon dioxide as possible. The project was unveiled to the public today at Munich Airport’s Visitors Park by the Bavarian Finance Minister and Supervisory Board Chairman of FMG, Albert Füracker, airport CEO Jost Lammers, and Max-Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley. 

Argo AI's autonomous vehicles will begin testing at Munich Airport on an asphalted area of around 55,000 square meters. Around four months after the start of construction work, the management of Munich Airport has now been able to hand over the preliminary test track of the new development site, which was completed on schedule. In the course of the construction work, 220 cubic meters of concrete were used, cable conduits with a total length of 16,000 meters were laid and a fence more than one kilometer long was erected. Among other things, 16 LED floodlight masts, each 18 meters high, are used to illuminate the facility. The second construction phase of the test track, which will increase the area by a further approx. 36,000 square meters, is scheduled for completion by the end of 2022.

From 1 June 2021, "green kerosene" (sustainable aviation fuel - SAF) will also be used to refuel aircraft at Munich Airport. After thorough technical testing, the fuel depot at the airport is now being opened for climate-friendly fuels of the future.  

The fleet of de-icing vehicles at Munich Airport has now received particularly powerful and environmentally friendly support: Since the beginning of the week, the all-electric "Elephant e-BETA" from the Danish manufacturer Vestergaard has been in use at EFM, the company for de-icing and aircraft towing at Munich Airport.  

On the apron of Munich Airport, aircraft are now also moved fully electrically using resource-saving handling equipment. New in use at EFM, the company for de-icing and aircraft towing at Munich Airport, is an aircraft tow tractor equipped with the latest 700 V lithium-ion battery technology, which can effortlessly tow passenger aircraft up to a take-off weight of 352 tons - and thus also wide-body aircraft

Great recognition for a concept for resource-efficient passenger transportation at Munich Airport: The Association of the German Gas Industry has awarded this year's Innovation Prize in the "Mobility & Transport" category to the pilot test of a passenger bus that is used at the airport and runs on liquid methane.