3. Runway remains an option: plans for Munich Airport are in the "freezer"

The third runway at Munich Airport remains on the agenda - at least in theory.

As expected, an application by the Greens to irreversibly repeal the building law in the Bavarian state parliament failed.

• The plans for a third runway at Munich Airport * have not yet died.

• The application by the Greens was rejected.

• Only the SPD supported the eco party.

Munich

- The

is further away than ever - at the moment even the two existing runways are far from being used to full capacity.

And

(CSU) has made it clear that construction - as long as he is in charge - will not be tackled.

Assuming his re-election, that would be until

.

But concrete steps to lift the building law are not being taken.

In the

, the Freising Green MP Johannes Becher failed with the application to take the railway out of the state

(LEP).

There, the construction of the 4000 meter long runway is still defined as the “goal”.

Airport: Munich hub must be preserved

The governing coalition of the

and

would like to leave it that way for the time being.

It makes no sense to

make an individual change

in the

, said the MP Manfred Eibl (FW).

The CSU MP Jürgen Baumgärtner also said that there was “now no reason

to bury

the

in its entirety”.

Baumgärtner made no secret of the fact that he viewed the railway skeptically.

Of course it is "a climate issue".

The aim must be

to reduce

and thereby free up capacity.

A

must be preserved.

Baumgärtner, however, viewed the building law quite critically.

"There must be no perpetual and permanent building law."

The question of building law, it became clear in the committee, is legally controversial.

In the

, not only the train itself, but also some other construction projects such as the

in the area of ​​the

are dealt with.

Since the construction of this railway tunnel has already begun, the question arises whether the building decision can be overturned in its entirety.

The Green MP Becher has made a state parliament request, the answer is pending.

Ultimately, only the SPD took the side of the Greens.

Natascha Kohnen demanded that the

"completed administratively".

But the CSU, FW, FDP and AfD had a different opinion.

The

remains "in the freezer", as Becher put it.

Arithmetic games on the capacity of Munich Airport

How many flights are

possible

per year

?

This is a very theoretical question at the moment, because the airport is far from being fully occupied.

But the

with new figures in the state parliament.

If you assume 90 flights per hour in the

, you end up with a “theoretical capacity” of

, calculated a ministry employee in the transport committee.

But this “theoretical capacity” is never achievable in practice because the utilization is not

same for

every

.

This results in a "practical capacity" of

.

Curious, however: in 2007 and 2008 the

had already exceeded this capacity - with 432,000 flights each year.

The Green MP Johannes Becher also took critical note of the number.

In the

, which had dismissed all lawsuits against the expansion, a figure of 480,000 was named as "practicable capacity".

At the moment it's all just gray theory anyway.

According to air traffic control, there have only been

a total of

2020

, and by the end of the year there could only be 200,000.

Construction of Munich Airport * began 40 years ago.

It took twelve years to complete.