Press releases

Passenger and baggage checks at Munich Airport are becoming safer, faster and more convenient. In time for the Whitsun break, Bavaria is putting five new computed tomography (CT) scanners into operation in Terminals 1 and 2. 

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. 

Japan's largest airline ANA and member of the Star Alliance, is returning to Munich Airport after a pandemic-related break. With the start of the summer flight schedule, the 5-star airline is thus resuming its nonstop connection from Munich to Tokyo's city-near Haneda Airport.

The summer flight schedule will begin on Sunday, March 26, 2023, and end on Saturday, October 28. Munich Airport is offering many new destinations again this summer, as well as a new airline. Lufthansa, the biggest airline at Munich Airport, will start operating additional flight connections.

Munich Airport has received two awards at the prestigious World Airport Awards. At the prize ceremony held during Passenger Terminal EXPO in Amsterdam, Munich Airport was honored with the awards for Best Airport Staff in Europe and Best Airport in Central Europe.

Munich Airport NJ LLC (MA NJ), the operator of the new Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport, announces the appointment of Michael Kunz as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. As an experienced business leader, Kunz will assume responsibilities in Newark on March 1, 2023, after a one-month transition phase.