Munich International Airport

Munich International Airport, named Franz Josef Strauß International Airport (Strauß isoften spelled Strauss in English ) (GermanFranz-Josef-Strauß-Flughafen) is the airport located 28 km northeastof Munich , Germany , and is a hub for Lufthansa and StarAlliance partner airlines. It was began operations in 1992 , and has the IATA airport code MUC, and its ICAO airport code is EDDM.

As Lufthansa's home base at FrankfurtInternational Airport is operating at capacity limits, international destination with a very frequent schedule will generallybe served through Munich Franz Josef Strauß airport as well as Frankfurt International. The airport was named after Franz Josef Strauß , a post WWII German politician .

Munich city center can be reached by public transport (S-Bahn) in 60min (45mintravel time) 6 € one way. Taxi 45-75min at 55€ (unreliable during rush hours).Car rental for Munich downtown destinations is not recommended. Public transport in Munich is widely available and reliable.

Smaller towns Freising and Erding are in Taxi reach (15min, 18€). The historic town of Freising is worth a stroll evenon quick stopover (from 2 hours) (go by Taxi to Freising Marienplatz) if you don't want to miss a typical Bavarian city.

In 2003 Terminal 2 was finished, housing Star Alliance partners exclusively.

The following airlines serve Franz Josef Strauß International Airport:

• Adria Airways
• Aegean Airlines
• Aer Lingus
• Aero Lloyd
• Aeroflot
• AfricanSafari Airlines
• Air Anatolia
• Air Berlin
• Air Canada
• Air Dolomiti
• Air France
• Air Kazakhstan
• Air Littoral
• Air Malta
• Air Mauritius
• Air Seychelles
• Alisea Airlines
• Alitalia
• AtlasInternational
• Austrian Airlines
• BerlinJet
• BMIBaby
• British Airways
• British Airways Citiexpress
• Carpatair
• China Eastern
• Condor ThomasCook
• Croatia Airlines
• CSA Czech Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Deutsche BA
• Easyjet
• Egypt Air
• El Al
• Emirates
• Etihad Airways
• Eurocypria
• European AirExpress
• Eurowings
• Finnair
• Free BirdAirlines
• GermaniaAirlines
• HamburgInternational
• Hapag-Lloyd
• Iberia Airlines
• Inter Express
• Israir
• Kavminvodyavia
• Khalifa Airways
• KLM
• KLM Cityhopper
• Lauda Air
• LOT Polish Airlines
• LTU International
• Lufthansa
• Luxair
• Maersk Air
• MALEV Hungarian
• OLT
• Olympic Airways
• OHY
• Pegasus Airlines
• Pulkovo Aviation
• Qatar Airways
• Royal Jordanian
• Scandinavian Airlines System
• Shorouk Airlines
• Siberia Airlines
• Sky Airline
• SkyEurope
• SN Brussels Airlines
• Spanair
• Sun d'Or
• Sun Express
• Swiss International Airlines
• Syrian Arab Airlines
• TACV Cabo Verde
• TajikistanAirlines
• TAP Air Portugal
• TAROM Romania
• Thai Airways International
• Tunis Air
• Turkish Airlines
• Tyrolean
• United Airlines
• Ural Airlines
• US Airways

External Links

• Franz Josef StraußInternational Airport Homepage