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.
The occurrence of several incidents reinforced the choice to establish a new airport farther away from the city and to discontinue operations at Riem. In October 1965, a new maintenance building for jets, constructed at a cost of DM 10 million, was opened and transferred to Lufthansa.