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"Perspectives 2011" - Sustainability and Annual Report (pdf)

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Workforce <strong>and</strong> work environmentEnvironmental <strong>and</strong> climate protectionFinancial reviewSustainable developmentP Supervisory board’s reportq Consolidated management reportp Consolidated financial statementsp Independent auditor’s reportAfter 2009 <strong>and</strong> 2010, two crisis years during whichthe aviation industry weathered transient collapsestriggered not just by the global credit crunch but alsoby events like the volcanic ash cloud, 2011 saw theindustry return to solid growth. However, as a glanceat the figures for a number of airports reveals, trafficgains varied by huge margins from one to the next.Although passenger numbers at two-thirds of Ger -many’s airports were either flat or in decline <strong>and</strong> air -craft movements at several were also lower, Munichcan look back on a strong year with swift trafficgrowth, during which the passenger volume rose8.8 percent – the highest gain at any airport in Germany– to reach roughly 38 million.In the cargo sector, too, growth was robust, with thetotal freight <strong>and</strong> mail volume h<strong>and</strong>led increasing by5.9 percent to hit a new all-time high of more than303,655 metric tons.The number of takeoff <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ing operations wasup by around 20,000 or 5.1 percent on the prior year,almost reaching 410,000 <strong>and</strong> just 5.0 percent underthe record highs we posted in 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008.In contrast to so many other airports – <strong>and</strong> in spite ofthe wider adverse conditions within the aviation in -dustry – Munich can report such strong results thanksto the growth fueled by its exp<strong>and</strong>ing role as a keyhub airport. This is reflected in a steady rise since themid-1990s in the number of transfer passengers as aproportion of our overall passenger volume. In 2010,transfers accounted for around 37.0 percent of allpassengers at Munich Airport, but by the end of 2011this figure had increased to 40.0 percent.A glance at the rankings of the ten busiest passengerairports in Europe reveals that Munich continuesto compete successfully against other major aviationhubs. Thanks to our exceptional growth, we nowrank sixth for the first time among Europe’s top tenairports, based on the key metric of passenger num -bers; ranked on aircraft movements, Munich has al -ready been number six for several years now.Business trends <strong>and</strong> earningsFor the FMG Group, 2011 was its most successfulbusiness year ever. After the global financial <strong>and</strong>economic crisis of recent years, Munich Airport sawa return to robust traffic growth much sooner thananticipated. Our passenger volume grew significantlyfaster than the average rate recorded at other airportsin Germany <strong>and</strong> elsewhere in Europe in 2011,rising 8.8 percent year on year to roughly 38 million.The sharp increase in passenger movements is, how -ever, due in part to the low baseline set by the prioryear, with the first two quarters of 2010 beset bysuch factors as an extreme winter, the volcanic ashcloud, <strong>and</strong> a strike by airline pilots, which togethercurbed passenger traffic significantly. However, inspite of these events, two successive quarters ofswift gains in the latter half of 2010 saw passengernumbers eventually break through our previous alltimehigh. This makes our Q4 passenger growth in2011 – 5.0 percent on the busy last quarter in 2010 –all the more remarkable.With a gain of more than 11.0 percent, continentaltraffic, more than any other segment, pushed ourpassenger numbers higher in 2011. Hub traffic todestinations in Europe, in particular, increased,prompting carriers to operate aircraft with higherseat capacities.115

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