Social engagement
Partnership: the airport as a corporate citizen
Survey: a look at the airport
Munich Airport is an integral part of the region. This statement was agreed with by 63 percent of participants in the survey «The Airport from the Perspective of its Neighbors.» Commissioned by FMG, a market research institute conducted more than one thousand interviews in 2023 with residents of 49 surrounding municipalities. Respondents rated the airport and quality of life in the region largely positively.
The Airport from the Perspective of its Neighbors
Results of the population-representative survey «The Airport from the Perspective of its Neighbors» / commissioned by Flughafen München GmbH / conducted by Kantar Market Research; Data base: 1,037 respondents
Social engagement: supporting a variety of initiatives
Munich Airport has traditionally supported regional clubs and institutions with a charitable background. In the reporting year, we supported around 260 projects through sponsorships, donations, and in-kind contributions. Of these, 34 percent were related to sports, 32 percent to culture, 17 percent to social causes, 13 percent to nature, and four percent to education. In the immediate airport region, for example, we supported fire departments in 2024 in acquiring equipment, sports clubs in organizing tournaments, nature-related institutions in developing forest experience stations, as well as educational and cultural efforts for events and special projects. In Munich, our sponsorship benefited selected institutions such as the Bavarian Philharmonic and Hellabrunn Zoo.
The Munich Airport Association: support for Ukraine
Social engagement for Ukraine remained the top priority for the Munich Airport Association (Flughafenverein München e.V.) in 2024. Several shipments carrying a wide range of relief supplies – including wheelchairs, medical equipment, cleaning and hygiene products, and protective gear from Airport Rescue and Firefighting – were delivered to the war zone. The support benefited, among others, a care facility for people with disabilities and a children’s hospital. Not only did the association organize the collection of material and goods donations, it also had two teams on site and provided containers. Another important project of the Munich Airport Association is the so-called «silent aid» for employees and their family members who have fallen into hardship through no fault of their own due to illness or tragic events. Since 2016, the association – founded 26 years ago by employees and friends of FMG – has held the quality and trust seal for charitable organizations issued by the DZI (German Central Institute for Social Issues). The Munich Airport Association has repeatedly undergone a multi-stage comprehensive audit to demonstrate that its work fully meets the DZI’s high quality standards.