The landing of these large Lufthansa jets should prove according to the airport directive that by using quiet large aircraft there would be a great reduction in noise pollution for the local residents. In 1977 the visual minima was reduced and in the middle of September the DME system was put into operation to complement the VASI (Visual approach Slope Indicator). In 1978 it was possible to handle more than 300 000 passengers for the first time at Salzburg Airport. Aviational high points of this year included the first landing of a DC-10 Swissair and the introduction of a noise reduction take off flight path past Freilassing.
From the 1st of April 1981 Dipl.-Ing. Günther Auer succeeded Director Wilhelm Spazier as the managing director after 10 years of being Traffic Director. From the very onset of his activities a new team of airport managers started to allow charter flights from England and Scandinavian which previously had been using Munich airport, to land at Salzburg Airport. This was done using the contacts to specialists from Salzburg’s tourist industry and airline consultancy companies to develop the regions tourism. In 1983 the whole 2550 metres of the runway could be used in its entirety through the use of the braking space available. This was facilitated through the clever decision of the new Managing Director who was especially concerned about the local residents and contributed a great deal to the improvement of the relationship with them.
The most prominent English travel agents really did manage to bring winter and summer charter flights to Salzburg. The new micro processor steered landing system SEL-4000 put into operation on 12th October was the technical deviant for a positive airport development. Through this system not only the first Boeing 767 (Braathens from Norway) could land in Salzburg in 1984 but also the first Concorde (Air France).
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