A number of accidents further encouraged the decision to build a new airport further away from the city and to close down Riem. In October 1965 a new maintenance hangar for jets, that had been built at a cost of DM 10 million, was put into operation and transferred to Lufthansa.
Several incidents prompted the decision to build a new airport in a more distant location from the city and to cease operations at Riem. In October 1965, a new facility for maintaining jets, built at an expense of DM 10 million, was put into operation and transferred to Lufthansa.