<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Memmingen International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">A military airfield was built at Memmingerberg in 1935. It was used during World War II. After being rebuilt, it was used for US Air Force training flights in 1956. From 1959 to 2003, it was the home base of German Air Force fighter-bomber wing 34 ("Allg&auml;u"). In March 2007, a subsidy of &euro;7,500,000 promised by the Bavarian government was approved by the European Commission.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In March 2017, Ryanair announced plans to establish its second Bavarian base (after Nuremberg Airport) in Memmingen in October 2017, consisting of one aircraft and seven additional routes.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On March 31, 2019, another Ryanair aircraft was stationed in Memmingen, and the workforce was increased to 70 employees. In December 2017, Memmingen Airport received its safety certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On December 6, 2018, the 10 millionth passenger was welcomed. In early 2019, the planned expansion work began to widen the runway and expand the handling facilities, with the airport being closed for several weeks in September of the same year. The widened and refurbished runway was inaugurated on October 1, 2019. On October 20, 2022, Ryanair announced it would base an additional aircraft at Memmingen Airport, making a total of three Boeing 737 aircraft based at the airport. This would boost the number of destinations Ryanair serves from Memmingen to twenty-two.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground transportation from Memmingen International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Road:</strong> The airport is located close to the A96 motorway (Memmingen Ost exit) and its intersection with the A7 motorway. The A96 leads directly to Munich, Lake Constance, and Switzerland, while the A7 leads to Ulm, Northern Germany, and Austria. Taxis as well as several car-hire companies are available at counters in the terminal building.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Coach:</strong> There are dedicated coach services from Memmingen Airport directly to Munich (journey time approx. 80 minutes) as well as long-distance coaches operated by Flixbus to several cities within Germany and neighboring countries.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus and Rail:</strong> Local bus lines 2 and 810/811 connect the airport within a 15-minute drive with Memmingen town center, including Memmingen railway station, from where frequent Deutsche Bahn services depart for Munich (journey time approx. 1:00) and Augsburg (journey time approx. 1:10), as well as some EuroCity long-distance Swiss Federal Railways services to Bregenz and Z&uuml;rich.</p>
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