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Lukas Brosi becomes the new head of Zurich Airport
Zurich-Kloten Airport is getting a new CEO in Lukas Brosi. The Board of Directors selected the manager after a comprehensive evaluation and recruitment process. As Chief Financial Officer, Brosi already belongs to the

Helvetic wants to make the flight attendant profession more attractive with a new model and shared accommodation
The airline Helvetic Airways wants to make the part-time flight attendant job more attractive and is introducing a new model. This is intended to enable employees to organize their work assignments flexibly to a large extent.

Swiss: First Airbus A340-300 with premium economy in scheduled service
The Swiss airline is now also equipping its Airbus A340-300 long-haul aircraft with Premium Economy Class. HB-JMB performed its first flight in the new configuration on Tuesday. That

Swiss names 20 aircraft after Swiss tourist regions
At the end of its 20th company anniversary, the Swiss Lufthansa subsidiary, in cooperation with Switzerland Tourism, will christen 20 Airbus A220-100/300 aircraft in the names of Swiss tourist regions and locations. Swiss

New GAV: Swiss flight attendants heavily criticize their own union
The cabin crew of the airline Swiss is apparently very dissatisfied with the new collective labor agreement that the Kapers union and management have agreed upon. Some flight attendants are racing against this storm as they

Air Baltic will continue to fly for Swiss
In the autumn of last year, despite loud protests from trade unions, Swiss decided to wet lease six Airbus A220-300s from Air Baltic. Cooperation with the Latvian
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New York: Delta flies to Berlin and Geneva year-round
The US airline Delta Air Lines will in future fly to the destinations of Geneva and Berlin all year round from New York-JFK. So far, these have been seasonal routes. Likewise, one becomes London-Heathrow all year round

Swiss names 20 aircraft after Swiss tourist regions
At the end of its 20th company anniversary, the Swiss Lufthansa subsidiary, in cooperation with Switzerland Tourism, will christen 20 Airbus A220-100/300 aircraft in the names of Swiss tourist regions and locations. Swiss

Geneva Airport registered more than 2022 million passengers in 14
In all of 2022, the airport in the French-speaking city received 14,1 million passengers, 138 percent more than in 2021, but 21,4 percent fewer than in 2019. In the first

In a business jet: Aero flies from Farnborough to Geneva and Sion
In the current 2022/23 winter season, the business jet operator Aero will connect Farnborough in the UK with Sion and Geneva. These are so-called on-demand flights with fixed departure times. These are with business jets

Tap flies more frequently from Porto to Geneva and Zurich
In the 2023 summer timetable, the airline Tap Air Portugal is expanding traffic between Porto and Switzerland. In the future, people will head for Geneva and Zurich more often. The increases occur with the

Easyjet cancels some routes from Germany and Switzerland
Contrary to original plans, the low-cost airline Easyjet will not be offering some routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In German-speaking countries, the airports in Basel, Geneva, Berlin, Cologne and Innsbruck are primarily affected.
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Basel Airport had almost twice as many passengers in 2022
Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg looks back on the past financial year. According to the airport, a total of 7 million passengers were counted last year, which is a decrease compared to 2019

Cyprus Airways takes on Larnaka-Basel
The airline Cyprus Airways will start a non-stop connection between Larnaca and Basel in the 2023 summer flight schedule. This will initially be served twice a week with Airbus A320 aircraft. The first flight

Easyjet with new routes from Basel and Zurich
The low-cost airline Easyjet is launching one additional route each from Basel and Zurich in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Larnaka will be headed for from the Euro Airport and from Switzerland's largest airport

Southwind sets course for Basel and Zurich
The Turkish holiday airline Southwind will start non-stop connections from Antalya to Basel and Zurich at the end of March 2023. These are to be served three times a week. Other carriers from Turkey also control

Corendon Europe is closing the Basel-Mulhouse base
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe will give up its base at Basel-Mulhouse Airport. The carrier confirmed that the locally based Boeing 737-800 will be withdrawn. The step comes little

Easyjet cancels some routes from Germany and Switzerland
Contrary to original plans, the low-cost airline Easyjet will not be offering some routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In German-speaking countries, the airports in Basel, Geneva, Berlin, Cologne and Innsbruck are primarily affected.
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Helvetic takes over two holiday destinations from Bern
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Helvetic Airways will fly on behalf of tour operators from Bern-Belp to Alicante and Jerez de la Frontera. The Olbia route, which was operated by Lübeck Air last year,

Bern: Flybair should take off again
The virtual airline Flybair was actually supposed to be sold, but the Board of Directors believes that both concrete offers that were received were too low or contained conditions that were not

Holiday flights in summer 2023: Helvetic flies from Bern, Sion and Zurich
The airline Helvetic Airways will also be offering holiday flights from Bern and Zurich in the summer of 2023. According to their own statements, the hot water targets will be included earlier than before in the coming year. In

Bern: tour operator wants to buy Flybair
The insolvency of the regional airline SkyWork Airlines left Bern-Belp without a home base carrier. Other providers are still interested in offering regular scheduled flights to classic city destinations

Bern: Lübeck Air flies to Heringsdorf on Saturdays
Air Alsie has been operating the Bern-Heringsdorf route with ATR72-500s on behalf of Lübeck Air since May 28, 2022. The seasonal route is expected to be available until October 22, 2022. cooperation partner

Lübeck Air charter flights started in Bern-Belp
At the end of last week, the first Lübeck Air charter flight operated by German Airways took off from Bern-Belp. This led to Olbia. The aircraft bears the customer's decals. Formally, the German flies
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Altenrhein: Climate activists have blocked the access to the airport
On Monday, January 16, 2023, the entrance to the small Altenrhein airport was blocked by so-called climate activists. The airport will be reinforced during the WEF, which takes place in Davos

Zimex Aviation flies Twin Otter for Air Tahiti
The Swiss airline Zimex will operate a de Havilland Twin Otter as part of a wet lease contract for Air Tahiti from mid-November 2022. The machine is intended to operate on subsidized routes by

Zimex Aviation fleets ATR72 Freighters
The aviation company Zimex Aviation is adding an ATR72-201F freighter to its fleet. The machine was registered in Switzerland as HB-AFN in the aviation register. The turboprop was last at

Altenrhein Airport registers fewer passengers than in 2020
The corona pandemic almost brought tourism to a standstill. The booking numbers are currently skyrocketing and many corona restrictions around the world have been lifted – airlines and

Altenrhein: Peoples flies to Rennes
The Austrian regional airline Peoples will serve a total of eleven holiday destinations in the 2022 summer flight schedule. The French city of Rennes is new to the programme. On the line you currently fly up to five times per

Summer 2022: Rhomberg charters with Air Corsica, Avanti Air, Peoples and Lübeck AIr
The tour operator Rhomberg Reisen will again offer charter flights from Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Memmingen and Altenrhein in the 2022 summer flight schedule. This year the tour operator has partially contracted other operating carriers. away
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In a business jet: Aero flies from Farnborough to Geneva and Sion
In the current 2022/23 winter season, the business jet operator Aero will connect Farnborough in the UK with Sion and Geneva. These are so-called on-demand flights with fixed departure times. These are with business jets

Holiday flights in summer 2023: Helvetic flies from Bern, Sion and Zurich
The airline Helvetic Airways will also be offering holiday flights from Bern and Zurich in the summer of 2023. According to their own statements, the hot water targets will be included earlier than before in the coming year. In

Air Zermatt orders another Bell 429 helicopter
The Swiss helicopter operator Air Zermatt has signed a purchase agreement with Bell Textron for the purchase of another Bell 429. It is the third helicopter of this type to be

Sion: Air Mountain accommodates Calvi, Figari and Saint-Tropez
The Swiss startup Air Mountain has started selling tickets on three routes from Sion. These are Calvi and Figari in Corsica and Saint-Tropez. The

Air Mountain wants to start in Sion and Geneva
The startup Air Mountain SA, based in Sion, Switzerland, intends to offer flights from Geneva and Sion to Saint-Tropez from June 2021. These can already be found on the homepage of the

Bern: Flybair ticks off the year 2021
The house brand of Bern-Belp Airport, FlyBair, will not be offering any holiday flights in the 2021 summer flight schedule. The restart will be postponed to 2022. In the previous year only 32 of 150 rotations could be carried out
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Lugano: Twinjet starts Olbia charter flights
French airline Twinjet will operate charter flights between Lugano and Olbia in summer 2022. These will begin on June 25, 2022 and will be conducted once a week. Lugano has

Lugano: Silver Air flies to Elba again this year
It has been quiet at the Swiss airport of Lugano for some time, as there are no longer regular scheduled flights since the domestic connections to Zurich and Geneva were discontinued. From June 19th
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