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ACI EUROPE, the association of the European airport industry, together with other leading European aviation associations have presented a strategy paper to the European Commission in Brussels, detailing the route by which all system partners – from airports and airlines through aerospace manufacturers all the way through to air traffic controllers – can work collectively to achieve net zero CO² emissions in Europe’s aviation sector. With the position paper “Destination 2050 – A Route to Net Zero European Aviation,” the European aviation industry is presenting a roadmap to making sustainable aviation a reality. In 2019, over 200 European airports already pledged to deliver net zero airport CO² emissions by 2050. Munich Airport was one of the first airports in Germany to sign this “Net Zero carbon” resolution.

Munich Airport has been following an ambitious climate action strategy since 2009 and has been systematically reducing its CO² emissions year after year with the aim of achieving CO²-neutral airport operations by no later than 2030. Munich Airport is investing a total of €150 million between now and 2030 to help it achieve its climate targets.

While passenger numbers in Munich rose from 28.6 million in 2005 to 48 million in 2019, CO² emissions per passenger were reduced by 46 percent in the same period. To achieve the set target of CO²-neutral airport operations by 2030, between now and then the CO² emissions attributable to the airport will be progressively reduced by 60% and the remaining 40% offset through compensatory measures, preferably right here in the region.

More than 280 individual measures under this target have already been implemented successfully. Among other things, the airport is investing substantially in expanding electric mobility. It already has a 38% share of electric and hybrid vehicles. Munich Airport was the first major commercial airport to switch all of its apron lighting to energy-saving LED technology, which reduced energy costs considerably.

The long-term target is the complete reduction of all CO² emissions to “net zero carbon” by no later than 2050. Between now and then, the intention is to make airport operations mostly CO²-neutral. Any CO² emissions that are still produced at the airport by this date will then no longer be offset, but removed from the atmosphere by technological means.

Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport and President of ACI EUROPE, considers both the European aviation industry and Munich Airport to be well on the way toward climate neutrality: “Regardless of the enormous challenges we are currently facing due to the global pandemic and its consequences, the development toward sustainable air transport remains our most important project for the future.  With the initiative launched at European level and the extensive measures we have already implemented or initiated in Munich, we can also achieve our ambitious goals.”

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