Recent press releases

Europe's best airport, the best terminal in the world – and now yet another accolade for Munich Airport: In a new audit carried out by the London-based Skytrax Institute, Bavaria's gateway to the world has successfully defended its title as Europe's first and only five-star airport. In May 2015 the Bavarian hub was granted the five-star airport title for the first time. Before that, the only airports to earn the top rating of five stars were in Asia: Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong and Tokio-Haneda. They were joined in January 2017 by Doha Airport. Munich has now successfully defended its title: Experts from the Skytrax Institute returned to scrutinize the quality of the services and the overall passenger experience and once again awarded Munich Airport the five-star seal of approval. The auditors' conclusion: Munich Airport not only maintained its outstanding quality, but actually improved on it.

Reach Airports, the U.S.-based joint venture between Munich Airport International’s (MAI) US holding and CAG Holdings, announces the appointment of Andrew O’Brian as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. As an experienced business leader, O’Brian will assume responsibilities at Reach Airports on August 1, 2021.

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.  

As of Monday 19 April 2020, Munich Airport and the consortium "SOF Connect" - consisting of the French investor Meridiam, the Austrian developer Strabag - has taken over the full responsibilities and business activities related to the operation of Bulgaria’s capital airport.

Despite Munich Airport introducing countermeasures straight away, according to provisional calculations the global coronavirus pandemic and its serious consequences for tourist travel resulted in a nine-figure loss for the airport in 2020. Together with its subsidiaries, Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) reported Group-wide revenue of EUR 1.6 billion in 2019, but this figure dropped to EUR 580 million last year. 

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