Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC; ICAO: EDDM) is the second biggest German airport and has two terminals. Terminal 2 is used by Lufthansa and its partner airlines from Star Alliance . All other airlines use the older Terminal 1. The Munich airport is located outside of Munich in a northeastern suburb. Due to the increased number of flights, the airport has expanded and now offers connections to most domestic airports in Germany, as well as many international airports elsewhere. Intercontinental destinations include Washington-Dulles, Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Delhi, Mumbai, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Dubai, Doha, Bangkok and many others. If you are unable to fly to Munich directly, you can arrange a transfer via Frankfurt. Flight time from Frankfurt to Munich is about 35 minutes.
Munich Airport has been named the winner of the "Best Airport in Europe" award for the third year in a row in an international survey of close to eight million passengers worldwide. Passengers also ranked Munich #4 in the worldwide rankings behind Asian hubs.
The airport connects to central Munich by S-Bahn (commuter train) on the S1 and S8 line. The journey (single) by 2011 costs €10 (or €10.80 for a day pass) or €19.80 for a partner ticket which is valid for up to five people, a train runs every 5 to 20 minutes and it takes about 40 minutes to get to the central station. For more information see the get around section. Lufthansa also offers an hourly bus to/from the main train station that is comparably priced (travel time can vary as subject to traffic).
A slightly cheaper option to get to town is to buy a Tageskarte Außenraum (daypass for the city’s outskirts) (single: 5,40€, partner: 9,80€) and buy an additional single ticket (2,50€ per person) for the trip in the inner city. If travelling from the airport, the latter ticket only has to be validated in Feldmoching station, which means, that you can only travel using the S1 train. You’ll have to exit (or change for the subway) in Feldmoching. If travelling from downtown to the airport, you can just validate both tickets and the restriction does not apply anymore.
Memmingen Airport (IATA: FMM, ICAO: EDJA)) is located around 110 km away from Munich. However it is merchandised as "Munich West" by Ryanair. Other names include "Allgäu Airport" or "Flughafen Allgäu". There are shuttle buses to Munich which's timetable is aligned to Ryanair's schedule. One way tickets are 20 € and 15 € if pre-booked via Internet. The buses arrive (and go from) Munich's Hackerbrücke train station which is located next to Munich main station. Besides from it's Airport, the city of Memmingen itself has a nice medieval city.
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