Evolution The Airport Coordinator is directly accountable to the Federal Ministry of Transport on the basis of the corresponding German and European laws and regulations. The Office of the Airport Coordinator is not an authority in the normal sense of the word; this will be explained later. In 1992 the Minister of Transport appointed Mr. Claus Ulrich to Airport Coordinator of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Up until 1992 finances came from the State, but since 1995 expenses are covered exclusively by German airlines. In agreement with the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Airport Coordinator, the leading German airlines have formed an interest group to finance airport coordination.
At the moment the following airlines are represented in this committee: - Air Berlin GmbH
- Condor Flugdienst
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- EUROWINGS GmbH
- German Wings
- Tui Fly
- LTU Lufttransport Unternehmen
In its role as legal and specialist supervisor, the Ministry of Transport also has a seat and vote in this body. The "interest group" can be seen as a "financial committee" for example, for a joint-stock company or a limited company. This means that the Airport Coordinator has to have his annual and medium-term budget approved by the "financial committee." At the moment a representaive from German Lufthansa Airlines holds the chairmanship.
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