Wednesday, July 10, 2024 The first half of 2024 has seen Munich Airport experiencing robust demand for air travel, with over 19 million passengers recorded from January 1 to June 30, marking a 14.8 percent increase from the previous year. This surge brought the airport to nearly 85 percent of its record passenger volume from 2019.
Additionally, the airport achieved a historic high in aircraft load factor at 80 percent. Particularly notable was the growth in intercontinental air traffic, which saw nearly a 19 percent increase in passengers. The demand for flights to both the USA and the Far East has rebounded to the levels observed in early 2019, with close to 1.
2 million passengers traveling to these regions in the first six months. The increase in traffic also boosted the number of aircraft movements, with over 156,000 take-offs and landings—a more than ten percent year-on-year increase and a 76 percent rise compared to 2019. Munich now serves approximately 160 global destinations, including 47 intercontinental ones.
This positive momentum is expected to continue throughout the year, with additional long-haul destinations already on the horizon. Airlines at Munich are increasingly deploying the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900, with 140 weekly departures planned for the summer and an increase to 170 by fall. The cargo sector at Munich Airport is also flourishing, with an 11 percent year-on-year increase in volume, now totaling approximately 147,000 tonnes.
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