The Munich Airport is expected to reach new record levels of traffic to Asia in the upcoming summer flight schedule, starting on March 31, as revealed by the Munich Airport.
At present, nine airlines have scheduled 107 weekly flights to 14 destinations across ten East and Southeast Asian countries.
Meanwhile, in 2019 – the pre-pandemic year – five airlines operated 101 flights to ten destinations in seven countries.
Munich Airport currently offers flights to East and Southeast Asia, including Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Seoul, Tashkent, Dushanbe, Male, Taipei, Bangkok, and Singapore.
Airlines that operate flights to these destinations are Lufthansa, Air China, All Nippon Airways, BeOnd, EVA Airways, Singapore Airlines, Somon Air, Thai Airways, and Uzbekistan Airways.
To meet the growing demand for air travel, Lufthansa will temporarily deploy the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, on the route to Delhi from April 1, 2024.
Starting in April, airlines will operate flights to Beijing from three times a week to daily, according to a press release issued by the Munich Airport. Additionally, Osaka in Japan will have five weekly flights from April and daily flights from May onward.
Meanwhile, the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will expand its Munich service from four to seven weekly flights starting July 2.
Apart from the countless tourist attractions, Munich Airport noted that Asian countries have an important role in the global economy.
Numerous Bavarian companies maintain economic relationships with businesses and markets in Asia, taking advantage of the flight offerings from Munich.
Overall Passenger Traffic Returned at 80% of 2019 Levels
Regarding general passenger traffic, Munich Airport reached nearly 80 per cent of 2019 levels. More specifically, 37 million passengers travelled through this airport during 2023, which is five million more (+ 22 per cent) compared to 2022.
The CEO of Flughafen München GmbH, Jost Lammers, said that this growth in passenger volumes in 2023 reflects the strong recovery of the aviation industry in Munich.
This positive development is a sign of the high demand for air travel among the population and the economy.
Apart from the passengers, the number of flight movements rose by six per cent, and freight volumes increased by seven per cent compared to 2022. Furthermore, 99 airlines operated flights at the Munich Airport last year.
In 2023, Munich Airport also started testing a new service to provide passengers with faster access to security and passport control.
Among others, this service aims to improve the management of passenger traffic before security checks in Terminal 1, aiming to reduce waiting times.
