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

Introduction Company profile and strategyService portfolio Communication and social responsibilityq Stakeholder dialogueq Regional growth partnershipsp Economic valuep Community engagementInfratest conducted a representative opinion surveyon behalf of Flughafen München GmbH’s regionalliaison office in the fall of 2010. Having already commissioneda similar poll in 2003, we were able to usethe results of the new survey to assess any changesthat had emerged over the last seven years.The 2010 survey centered primarily on the Erdingand Freising districts, both adjacent to the airport,plus a number of communities in the administrativedistricts of Lands hut, Dachau, Munich and Ebersberg.In total, 2,073 people were polled by phone in38 communities.) Glossary) Glossary) See also the sectiontitled “Landside accessmaster plan” on p. 42and the consolidatedmanagement report onp. 126) You can find the report“Munich Airport as seenby its neighbors” atwww.munich-airport.com/publicationsThe fair featured a large number of stands where air -port visitors and employees could find out more aboutMunich Airport’s sustainability vision and programs.Exhibitors at the event included FMG units responsiblefor environmental protection, training and con -struction, our regional liaison office, and our subsidiaryAllresto, which manages food operations at theairport. Other organizations on ) campus, too, usedthe event to present their sustainability strategiesand activities, including Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Bau -haus Luftfahrt and SCA Hygiene Products. Also exhibitingwas aircraft engine maker MTU, which showednew propulsion technologies and visionary conceptsfor the future of aviation.Other attractions included a brand new airport firetruck, a specially built track on which visitors couldride electric-powered bicycles, and an extensive andvaried supporting program specially for younger visitors.We also took the event as an opportunity to officiallyinaugurate a new cycle path connecting the two terminalsand the München Airport Center with the restof the airport’s cycle route network.Our neighbors’ perception of the airportTo gain a better picture of what people who live in ourregion think of the airport, market researchers TNSThe results of the survey not only reaffirmed the posi -tive findings of 2003, they were even better in severalinstances. Ninety percent of respondents stated thatthey enjoyed living in the region, and the main reasoncited was the quality of life. Around 84 percent viewedthe presence of the airport as beneficial for the regionas a whole, and almost 80 percent stated they foundit positive for them personally. Ninety percent were ofthe opinion that the airport’s ) hub traffic brings benefitsfor Bavaria’s economy, and 72 percent thoughtthat the hub traffic benefited the region. The surveyalso showed that the local population makes activeand frequent use of the airport, both as air travelersand as visitors, and this underscores the degree ofacceptance the airport has found within its surroundingregion.On a less positive note, the poll also revealed thatrespondents thought significant action was neededto improve public transport access to the airport fromthe places where they lived. Communities in the Erdingadministrative district in particular were keen tosee improvements to ) public mass transit servicesto the airport. In several of these communities, thedissatisfaction is likely due to delays to the completionof the Erding circular rail link, which will requirethe construction of a new two-track rail line betweenthe town of Erding and Munich Airport.The surveys in 2003 and 2010 have delivered findingsand insights that are valuable for our regional policyand give us a solid foundation for future assessmentsand detailed surveys. We have made the results ofthe surveys available to local communities.68