Traffic at Munich Airport has been picking up again. As of early August, 45 airlines already connect Munich with 140 destinations, including 13 destinations in Germany, 18 destinations in Greece, 15 in Spain, 13 in Italy, nine in Turkey, seven in France, five in Croatia, four in Portugal, and three in Bulgaria.
The North African destinations of Cairo (Egyptair) and Tunis (Tunis Air) are once again in Munich's flight plan, along with two destinations in Canada, six in the U.S.A., three in the Arabian Gulf, and three in the Far East. Air Canada, Emirates, Etihad, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines have once again included Munich in their intercontinental route networks. This brings the non-European route network back to 14 destinations. The number of weekly departures in August has now reached 1,100 take-offs.
With Lufthansa ramping up their hub operation step by step, hub traffic is also increasing again – already one in three passengers currently uses Munich as a transfer airport again.