Annual Report 2008 (pdf) - Flughafen München

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Aviation
Aviation
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Exceptionally rapid growth over a period of many years has turned
Munich Airport into one of Europe’s major commercial airports.
Services to new destinations, additional frequencies on existing
routes, and collaborative initiatives with travel and tourism partners
have steadily strengthened Munich’s role within the aviation industry.
Today we’re firmly established as an important hub airport in the
domestic and European aviation networks.
Exceptional passenger growth
Over 34.5 million air travelers – almost 2 percent
more than a year earlier – passed through Munich
Airport in 2008. In spite of the significantly weaker
general economic environment in the latter half of
the year, Bavaria’s international hub succeeded
once again in setting new records for passenger
traffic and defended its number seven ranking
among the top ten passenger airports in Europe,
recording the second-highest percentage rate of
Traffic figures for commercial airports in Germany 1992 – 2008
Mean growth rate
10 %
MUC
5 %
ADV (German Airports Association) excl. MUC
1.3%
5.2%
4.1%
6.8%
growth after Rome. The number of transfer passengers
also grew an additional percentage point, rising
to 36 percent, or 12.4 million.
Nonetheless, Munich Airport did begin to feel the
effects of the deepening financial and economic
crisis in the year’s second half, with global demand
in the aviation sector slipping sharply in the latter
months of 2008. Even so, Munich’s passenger
growth remained well above European averages,
and the airport rose in the world rankings to the
number 27 slot, up one place on a year earlier. To
put this figure in a broader perspective, Munich
ranked 42nd just ten years ago.
Larger aircraft in service
Compared to 2007, the number of takeoffs and
landings grew 0.1 percent to 432,296 movements
in total. Just as in prior years, carriers continued to
operate increasingly large jets on services to and
from Munich, causing the mean maximum takeoff
weight in 2008 to rise sharply, to 66.1 metric tons
from 63.7 tons in 2007. The overall offering of seats
was higher whereas the mean load factor on flights
was down slightly at 72.8 percent, from 73.4 percent
a year earlier.
Thanks to renewed
passenger growth,
Munich Airport is 27th
in the world rankings
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Aircraft movements
(total traffic)
Passengers
(commercial traffic)