Munich Airport and Lufthansa celebrate 20th birthday of Terminal 2

Munich Airport (MUC) and Lufthansa are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Terminal 2.

The terminal building was jointly planned and financed by Munich Airport and Lufthansa and has been jointly operated since the end of June 2003.

This partnership between an airport and an airline remains unique worldwide and has been gradually further developed. In 2016, a satellite building was added to Terminal 2.

Terminal 2 and the satellite building are connected via a passenger transport system – a kind of subway under the apron. Over the past 20 years, the Terminal 2 system has been used by around 475 million travellers and more than 5.1 million flights.

Albert Füracker, Bavaria’s minister for finance and chairman of MUC’s supervisory board, said: “Munich Airport’s Terminal 2 represents the extremely successful partnership between the airport and Lufthansa. After 20 years, it still stands for hospitality, comfort, modernity and sustainability.

“The basis for this success are the many dedicated and friendly employees, who were recently awarded Europe’s best airport staff, and rightly so. Thanks to Terminal 2, Munich Airport has been able to develop into one of the most modern and efficient aviation hubs in the world. As Bavaria’s gateway to the world, Munich Airport is invaluable to Bavaria.

For Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport, Terminal 2 is a visible and tangible expression of the groundbreaking partnership with Lufthansa.

He enthused: “When Munich Airport and Lufthansa joined forces to plan, build and operate a terminal together, they launched something unprecedented in the aviation industry.”

Lufthansa Group’s executive board chairman, Carsten Spohr, noted: “As Lufthansa’s southern hub, the terminal was at the heart of our successful multi-hub strategy.

“After 20 years, it is still a leader in quality, premium service and technical innovations. Our passengers appreciate T2 not only for travel to and from Munich, but it is also one of the world’s most popular transfer terminals.”

Munich Airport and Lufthansa operate Terminal 2 and the satellite building through the Terminal 2 Company, in which Munich Airport holds 60% and Lufthansa 40% of the shares.

Lufthansa, together with Star Alliance and its partner airlines, is the exclusive user of the terminal.