Hole-ly moly! Airport installs bizarre hangar doors with a large hole in the middle so it can accommodate the huge Airbus A380 (8 Pics)

• The doors at Munich Airport have been made with a hole in so they can close around the Airbus A380
• Previously the doors could not be closed, which left maintenance workers shivering in cold weather 
• The new gates measure 72 feet high and 36 feet wide and took four weeks to build

One of Europe's major airports has installed these bizarre custom-made hangar doors to accommodate the world's largest passenger plane

The doors at Munich Airport have been made with a large hole in the middle - so they can close around the Airbus A380 leaving the tail fin sticking outside of the hangar

There are five Airbus A380s which are part of the Lufthansa fleet and they have been based at the airport since March

The gates which were built to accommodate the planes, measure 72 feet high and 36 feet wide. It took four weeks to build the 20 ton doors

The large hole means the tail fin is left sticking a full 6.6 feet outside the hangar during maintenance work

An airport spokesperson said the hole fits snugly around the plane and prevents chilly draughts

Munich Airport, in the south-eastern German state of Bavaria, is the second-busiest airport in Germany and the seventh-busiest in Europe

A clip from a video showing how the new gates work, reveal the dimensions and weight