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

Introduction Company profile and strategyService portfolio Communication and social responsibilityq Aviation businessp Non-aviation businessp Quality, security and safetyAviation business) Our video “Impressions2012” takes a brief lookback at the past year atMunich Airport.www.munich-airport.com/video) www.munich-airport.com/statisticsNow number six in EuropeMunich Airport is firmly established as a major Europeanaviation hub. Logging 37.8 million passengermovements in 2011, Bavaria’s gateway to the worldbypassed Rome Fiumicino to rank sixth among thebusiest passenger airports in Europe for the first time.The sharp rise in our passenger volume – by 8.8 percent,or more than 3 million – also boosted our positionin the global rankings from 30th to 27th place.This is evident from the continuous rise in the num -ber of transfer passengers. Compared to 2010, whentransfers accounted for 37 percent of our passengerbase in Munich, our transfer volume reached 40 percentin 2011. To put this figure in perspective, transfersaccounted for just 12 percent of passengers backin 1992, when the airport began operating at its currentlocation.Transfer passenger flows in 2011Munich compared to other airports in EuropePassenger volume in 2011 (million)Domestic – Domestic< 1%69.461.056.449.8 49.637.8 37.7 37.5 34.4 33.7Originatingpassengers60%Transferpassengers40%Domestic – International16%International –International68%International – Domestic16%London HeathrowParis Charles de GaulleFrankfurtAmsterdamMadridMunichRome FiumicinoIstanbul AtatürkBarcelonaLondon GatwickSource: Passenger survey in 2011, 7.5 million outbound transfer passengers(extrapolated from survey data)Mean traffic growth rates 2009–2011Munich AirportAirports in Germany excl. MUC 1Whereas two-thirds of Germany’s airports saw pas -senger traffic remain flat or decline, and none re cord -ed as sharp a gain in passenger numbers in 2011, Munichcan look back on a truly successful year markedby robust traffic growth.6.2%3.7%7.3%4.4%4.1%Based on takeoffs and landings, which were up by5.1 percent year on year, Munich also ranked sixth inEurope, with 410,000 aircraft movements in total –around 20,000 more than in 2010.CommercialpassengersCargo0.8%Aircraft movements(total traffic)1German Airports Association (ADV)Steady gains in transfer trafficMunich Airport’s ability to sidestep the wider trendwithin its industry and, unlike many other airports, toreport such gratifying results in spite of the difficultmarket, is due largely to its rapidly expanding role asa hub airport.One key point in our favor is that Munich is designedto be a transfer-friendly airport, where passengersonly need to cover short distances. As a result, theminimum connecting time – the amount of time re-46