Michael Kerkloh

Michael Kerkloh (born July 5, 1953 in Ahlen / Westphalia) is a German aviation manager. From September 1, 2002 to December 31, 2019, he was Chairman of the Management Board and Labor Director of Flughafen München GmbH - FMG for short.

education and study

Born and raised in Ahlen, Westphalia, Kerkloh began studying economics in Göttingen after completing high school and military service . He continued his studies at the London School of Economics , moved to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and graduated in 1979 with a degree in economics with a focus on economic policy, transport and infrastructure policy. At the University of Frankfurt, he was to 1985 a lecturer in economic policy and a doctorate Dr. rer. pole.

Start of professional career

Kerkloh started his professional life as an assistant to the management at Norman Rentrop Verlag in Bonn. His career in aviation began when he moved to Frankfurt Airport in 1987. Initially he worked in the field of operational planning and organization and later became operational manager of aircraft handling at Frankfurt Airport . In 1995, Kerkloh became managing director of Flughafen Hamburg GmbH and, together with Werner Hauschild, managed the fortunes of Hamburg Airport until 2002. During his tenure as Hamburg airport manager, he campaigned for a sustainable improvement in the competitiveness of ground handling services and an early outsourcing to subsidiaries ("Hamburg model"). Kerkloh also dealt with the ecological aspects of airport operations.

CEO of Munich Airport

Since September 2002, Kerkloh has been Chairman of the Management Board at Flughafen München GmbH and has also been Labor Director. He significantly shaped the development of Munich Airport into one of the most important air traffic hubs in Europe and pushed the expansion of the airport, which in 2015 was the first airport in Europe to be awarded the title "Five-Star-Airport". At the annual “World Airport Awards” of the London aviation institute Skytrax , the Bavarian air traffic hub has received the title “Best Airport Europe” several times. Munich Airport regularly takes one of the top positions in global rankings, making it one of the best airports in the world.

Terminal 2, which opened in 2003 and which FMG operates jointly with Deutsche Lufthansa , was expanded in 2016 with a new satellite terminal that offers space for eleven million passengers. The satellite was opened on April 26, 2016, on time and within budget. According to a survey of 14 million passengers by Skytrax, Terminal 2 at Munich Airport was named the world's best terminal in 2017.

In order to be able to cope with the traffic growth forecast for the future, Kerkloh advocated the expansion of a third runway . A plan approval decision has been made for this expansion project, which was repeatedly checked in court and confirmed in 2015 by the Federal Administrative Court in the last instance. The Munich Brüger however, had the referendum stopped the construction of the third runway at Munich Airport on 17 June 2012 found. The construction of a third runway at Munich Airport was rejected by a majority with 54.3% of the votes. 32.8% of Munich's citizens took part in the vote. A political decision on the implementation of the expansion project is still pending. This requires the consent of all shareholders of Flughafen München GmbH. In this context, critics accused Kerkloh of the fact that the traffic growth forecast for the future was unrealistic and that the optimistic growth forecasts for the number of flight movements in the past were not very accurate. In February 2018, the designated Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder announced that he would for the time being withdraw from his plans to find a solution to the dispute over the construction of a third runway before the state elections in autumn 2018. He named the year 2025 as the new target for completion. Kerkloh announced that Flughafen München GmbH would continue to fight for the third runway. In November 2018, the two governing parties, the CSU and Free Voters, agreed not to pursue the third runway expansion project until the end of the legislative period in 2023. A corresponding definition was made in the coalition agreement.

The long-time Munich airport manager Dr. Michael Kerkloh left the company on December 31, 2019.

Memberships and offices

Kerkloh is represented in numerous aviation committees. From 2017 to 2019 he was President of the Airport Council International (ACI), the European umbrella association of international airports, and represented the interests of over 500 airports in 45 European countries. He is also a member of the board of ACI World, the international interest group for airports.

From 2013 to 2018 he was President of the German Airports Association (ADV) and is now a member of the Executive Committee.

Kerkloh is a founding member of the Frankfurt Economic Science Society (fwwg), until 1994 he was chairman (alumni including Hans Matthöfer and Norbert Walter) and is now a member of the advisory board.

Kerkloh has been a member of the Presidium of the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) since 2011. He is a member of the transport committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria. He is also a member of the advisory board of the German National Tourist Board, a board member of the Association of Bavarian Business and a member of the executive committee of the Union's economic advisory board. Kerkloh has been President of the Export-Club Bayern eV since 2009. He is also a member of the advisory board of the World Tourism Forum in Lucerne, which is committed to the sustainable development of tourism.

Awards

In 2018, Kerkloh was named "Aviation CEO of the Year 2018 - Germany" (CEO Monthly / Global CEO Excellence Awards 2018).

In 2017 Kerkloh was named "Travel Manager of the Year" ( Travel Industry Club ).

In 2016, Kerkloh was honored with the George Iatrou Lifetime Achievement Award (Air Transport News) for services to the aviation industry.

2013 awarded him the Bavarian State Minister of Finance Markus Söder , the Bavarian Finance Medal for outstanding services to the Bavarian Finance.

In 2006 and 2007 he was named “Germany's best airport manager” (Touristik Report).

Publications

• Energy saving in France and Great Britain. A comparative analysis of the success of ten-year savings policies. [= Scientific writings in the scientific publishing house Schulz-Kirchner. Row 4: Economic Contributions. Vol. 111; zugl. Diss. Frankfurt / M.] Schulz-Kirchner Verlag , Idstein 1987. ISBN 978-3-925-19624-9 .

Editorships:

• with Ulrich Peter Ritter : Federal Republic of Germany - France. A report by participants and organizers on an economic policy comparative seminar with a focus on "energy saving policy". Protocols and materials. Professorship for University Didactics in Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt / M. 1985.
• Artworks M. Flughafen München GmbH, Munich 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Michael Zaddach, Andreas Grahl: Marketplaces in Transition: Digital Strategies for Services in the Mobile Internet. Springer-Verlag 2015.
2. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, change in the executive floor [1]
3. ↑ The world, people and markets [2]
4. ↑ Wochenblatt, airport boss celebrated 60th birthday [3]
5. ↑ Handelsblatt, Michael Kerkloh in profile [4]
6. ↑ Publication Hamburg Airport: Horizonte. Start direction future [5]
7. ↑ http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards/best_airports_by_world_region.html
8. ↑ http://www.worldairportawards.com/awards/world_airport_rating.html
9. ↑ Telegraph: Why Munich Airport is the best in Europe [6]
10. ↑ Press release from Flughafen München GmbH: Bavaria's gateway to the world celebrates Triple at Skytrax [7]
11. ↑ Press release from Flughafen München GmbH: 1,900 guests follow the grand opening of the satellite at Munich Airport Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Airport has the best terminal in the world [8]
13. ↑ Referendum on the 3rd runway on June 17th (official final result)
14. ↑ Airliners.de: Background. These factors shape the slope discussion in Munich [9]
15. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of February 13, 2018: CSU completes U-turn on the third runway [10] , accessed on February 15, 2018
16. ↑ Handelsblatt of April 11, 2018: Munich Airport is still fighting for the third runway [11]
17. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 5, 2018: Moratorium [12]
18. ↑ Press release from Flughafen München GmbH on January 9, 2020: Jost Lammers took over the chairmanship of the management at the beginning of the year [13]
19. ↑ Press release ACI Europe: Kerkloh re-elected for a second term as President of ACI EUROPE [14]
20. ↑ Press release from Flughafen München GmbH: Michael Kerkloh becomes President of ACI Europe. [15]
21. ↑ Press release of the Airport Association ADV [16]
22. ↑ Frankfurt Economic Society, Advisory Board [17]
23. ↑ Munich Management Colloquium; Short biography of Dr. Michael Kerkloh [18]
24. ↑ Press release from Flughafen München GmbH, [19]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
25. ↑ Airport headquarters, Dr. Michael Kerkloh at the top of FMG for ten years: Munich airport manager celebrates a milestone service anniversary [20]
26. ↑ CEO Monthly, Aviation CEO of the Year 2018 - Germany [21]
27. ^ Austrian Aviation, award for Kerkloh [22]
28. ↑ Evening newspaper, honor for the airport manager, a prize for the high-flyer [23]
29. ↑ Press release of the Bavarian State Government, Söder hands over a financial medal for special services to the Bavarian financial sector [24]
30. ↑ Aero.de: Munich airport manager Kerkloh best airport manager in Germany [25]