Memmingen airport for two weeks is completely locked - what does this mean for the passengers

Bad news for all that wanted to start from the Memmingen airport in the holiday. The popular airport will be closed for two weeks. Update 22. August 2019: s

Memmingen airport for two weeks is completely locked - what does this mean for the passengers

Bad news for all that wanted to start from the Memmingen airport in the holiday. The popular airport will be closed for two weeks.

Update 22. August 2019: start a huge number of passengers from the airport of Memmingen in the holiday. But this, at least, is soon temporarily. Because of 17. up to 30. September, the airport will be locked out - completely. Reason, a widening of the runway is. The airport announced on its website.

for months now, at night, wells were installed above and cable. "So far everything is going according to Plan," says Airport CEO Ralf Schmid. "But now to the highlight, we prepare for months meticulously with our construction partners involved comes."

Memmingen airport: runway does not meet international Standards

The runway is 30 meters wide and comes from the military use. In order to not comply with international and European Standards. Therefore, they will be widened to 45 meters. Of 57,000 tons of Asphalt are used.

in Order to obtain the smallest possible number of Transitions and seams on the surface and thereby improve the quality of the flooring, to the airport for two weeks to be closed. "It's definitely a feat," says Ralf Schmid will, "but we are convinced that the shoulders together with the contractors successfully."

Memmingen airport two weeks locked: changeover for passengers

In the municipalities of Memmingerberg, Hawangen and Ungerhausen is expected to rise with increased Truck-to. For Schmid apologized in advance. "We try to keep the impact as low as possible and thank you for understanding."

For the passengers, a switch is it in any case. Ryanair has removed from for the period from all flights from and to Memmingen, Wizz Air, and some Charter carriers soft to other airports.

"anyone Who has booked a flight," says head of marketing Marina Siladji, "should review the information on his Ticket, and when in doubt, contact the airline."

Memmingen airport: construction work to take until 2021

The Terminal while the construction is open, the information Desk and the Park headquarters are open from 9 to 18 o'clock, it says on the Homepage. Allgäu-Airport-Express, Flixbus and the transit line from Memmingen train station to the Terminal will cease to operate during construction.

in addition to the widening of the runway, for example, are renewed in the land system, as well as the baggage hall extended. With the completion of all Work, 2021 is to be expected.

airport Memmingen: rebuild started

Update from 8 have work. March, 2019: At the Allgäu Airport in Memmingen have started work on the Friday tag. In the coming months, among other things, the runway will be extended to 15 meters, and the baggage hall enlarged. Excavator and worker-to-back at night, so the airport during the day, it used to be operated.

"work is The main start in September," says a spokesman. Then the airport is from the 17. up to 30. September closed. The airline Ryanair has cancelled for these two weeks, all the Connections from and to Memmingen. Wizz Air and some Charter carriers use other airports. Due to a delay in the commencement of construction, the costs are already higher than the planned € 17.7 million. A large part of the total cost of the will take on the free state of Bavaria. The construction should be completed in the year 2020.

initial message: Finally, Expansion of the airport in Memmingen in views

Memmingerberg - After years of delays should be made in the coming year, the Expansion of the Allgäu Airport in Memmingen. The first ground-breaking ceremony for the 21 million Euro project was set on Friday. "The Allgäu Airport is developing excellently, strengthens the economic and tourism location in Swabia and is a fixture in Germany's air traffic," said Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), on the occasion of the symbolic building arts.

construction work is expected to begin in the coming spring

Currently, the preparatory measures for the planned civil construction and electrical work, and continued, informed the airport. The actual construction work for the rehabilitation and widening of the runway to begin according to the schedule in the next spring; in the year 2020, the project is expected to be completed.

Due to expansion there had been several complaints. The Bavarian administrative court had rejected this in the summer of 2015. Then, the examination of the subsidies of the free state, takes, more than half of the cost lasted, in the case of the EU longer than planned. Meanwhile, more than a Million passengers per year make use of the allgäu airport, with a rising tendency. Meanwhile, will also be sought in Memmingen, two escaped prisoners, the police with a large contingent on the road.

Also available at Munich airport will be built: 14 big construction projects in parallel. The least affect the air traffic. (Merkur.de*) After 30 years of discussion and planning, the construction of the S has begun-Bahn-ring circuit between the airport and Erding officially. In the past year, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Tunnel took place in the East of the Airport. (Merkur.de*) Meanwhile the movement of Fridays for the Future, has reached the Munich airport. It calls for the funeral of the third runway, as well as the elimination of subsidies for airlines, such as Merkur.de* reported.

*Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

dpa

Date Of Update: 05 September 2019, 10:26
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