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Summer 2024: Edelweiss announces Zurich-Evenes
The holiday airline Edelweiss will offer Evenes, another short-haul destination, in the 2024 summer flight schedule. The Norwegian destination is scheduled to be offered from Zurich-Kloten between June and August 2024. With it

Flight to Cape Town: Edelweiss has to return to Zurich
The airline Edelweiss suffers an incident on a flight to Cape Town. Shortly after take-off, engine problems forced us to return to Zurich. The airline Edelweiss is on a flight to Cape Town

Istanbul: Turkish Technic maintains A330 for Swiss
Turkish Technic will also service aircraft from Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss in the future. Initially, the collaboration will be limited to the Airbus A330 aircraft. The Turkish company has announced that the contract will initially last seven

Swiss announces fifth Flying Film Festival
The Flying Film Festival will take place for the fifth time on board Swiss long-haul aircraft from the beginning of December 2023 to the end of January 2024. 14 short films will be shown,

Zurich Airport with some events during Advent
There is a lot to experience at Zurich Airport during Advent: from the Christmas village with winter delicacies and curling, to gift inspiration in airport shopping, to the music and light art festival

Zurich: Edelweiss celebrates its first flight to Colombia
The holiday airline Edelweiss started a new flight route from Zurich via Bogotá to Cartagena on November 22, 2023. This event was celebrated with the traditional ribbon cutting at Gate D43 from the airport
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Easyjet with two new holiday routes from Switzerland
The low-cost airline Easyjet will offer two more holiday routes from Switzerland in the 2024 summer flight schedule. One route each will be added from Geneva and Basel. From June 25, 2024, Easyjet will be

Early trains to Geneva Airport on a trial basis
On a trial basis, the Swiss Federal Railways are running a new early connection to Geneva Airport on selected days. This is intended to make it easier for passengers to depart between 6 a.m. and 00 a.m

Easyjet A320 arrived safely in Zurich after two failed alternative landings
The Airbus A320 operated by Easyjet Switzerland with the registration HB-JZR was actually scheduled to fly from Geneva to Nice on November 14, 2023. The landing could not be carried out due to strong wind shear

Gilles Rufenacht becomes the new head of Geneva Airport
A change of managing director is imminent at Geneva Airport, as the board of directors has decided that Gilles Rufenacht will be appointed the new airport director. The replacement is necessary because the current incumbent is in the coming

Geneva: Easyjet launches door-to-door baggage service
In cooperation with Airpotr, the low-cost airline Easyjet is now offering the collection and delivery of luggage. Travelers who use the paid service do not have to take their suitcases with them

Azerbaijan Airlines has added Baku-Geneva
Since the end of September 2023, Azerbaijan Airlines has again been flying twice a week between Baku and Geneva. This route is operated on Wednesday and Saturday. As a rule, medium-haul jets come from the
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Easyjet with two new holiday routes from Switzerland
The low-cost airline Easyjet will offer two more holiday routes from Switzerland in the 2024 summer flight schedule. One route each will be added from Geneva and Basel. From June 25, 2024, Easyjet will be

Summer 2024: Norwegian starts two Basel routes
The airline Norwegian Air Shuttle intends to begin regular flights to Basel-Moulhouse Airport from the beginning of June 2024. The plan is to include Oslo and Copenhagen. From June 2, 2024 you want to

Chair Airlines begins numerous flights to Pristina
The Swiss airline Chair Airlines is expanding its winter route network to Pristina. This will increase the existing flights from Zurich. The Swiss airline Chair Airlines is expanding its winter route network to Pristina.

Easyjet A320 arrived safely in Zurich after two failed alternative landings
The Airbus A320 operated by Easyjet Switzerland with the registration HB-JZR was actually scheduled to fly from Geneva to Nice on November 14, 2023. The landing could not be carried out due to strong wind shear

Basel Airport announces runway renovation
Basel-Mulhouse Airport will close the main runway for around a month in spring 2026. The reason for this is that the runway needs to be extensively renovated. To one

Summer 2024: Easyjet with three more Swiss routes
The low-cost airline Easyjet is launching three more holiday routes from Swiss airports in the 2023 summer flight schedule. From Basel we will travel to Rijeka, Croatia, twice a week from June 24, 2024. Already at
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Summer 2024: Helvetic flies Bern-Djerba
The Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways intends to offer another route from Bern-Belp in the 2024 summer flight schedule. Now we're going to Djerba. The flights to the destination, which is in Tunisia, should

Charter: Avanti Air flies for Rhomberg Reisen Bern-Calvi
On behalf of Rhomberg Reisen, the German airline Avanti Air will also be active at the Swiss airport Bern-Belp in the 2024 summer flight schedule. With de Havilland Dash 8-400 tubroprop aircraft

Bern: Skywork bankruptcy proceedings concluded after five years
The bankruptcy proceedings of Skywork Airlines, which went bankrupt in August 2018, were finally concluded a few days ago. The Bern-Mittelland bankruptcy office has approved the distribution quota. From the former flight school

For Belpmoos trips: Skyalps has included Olbia-Bern
Charter flights between Bern and Olbia have been operating again since Friday, May 26, 2023. These are served by the South Tyrolean Skyalps on behalf of the tour operator Belpmoos Reisen. Since the

Bern: Helvetic takes over Alicante and Jerez
The airline Helvetic Airways is planning to serve two more non-stop connections from Bern-Belp in the 2023 summer flight schedule. These are the destinations of Jerez de la Fronterra and Alicante, each once

Helvetic Airways flies to Alicante and Jerez de la Frontera in summer
The Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways will in future fly from Bern to Alicante and Jerez de la Frontera. These flights are operated using an Embraer E190-E2. Helvetic Airways is planning a
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Altenrhein: Peoples flies to Corfu for Rhomberg
On behalf of the tour operator Rhomberg Reisen, the Austrian regional airline Peoples will fly once a week from Altenrhein to the Greek island of Corfu in the 2024 summer flight schedule. From the travel offers of Rhomberg

C-Check: Marathon Airlines is helping out with Peoples in winter 2023/24
An Embraer 2023 operated by Marathon Airlines will be in use for a few weeks on the Peoples main route between Altenrhein and Vienna in the 24/175 winter flight schedule. The background is that the OE-LMK, that

Zimex Aviation becomes the launch customer of the de Havilland DHC-6-300-G
The Swiss aviation company Zimex Aviation becomes the launch customer of the de Havilland DHC-6-300-G. As part of the Paris Air Show, it was announced that two examples of this type would be available directly from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer

Charter: Peoples flies to Catania and Santander
The Austrian regional airline will operate individual charter flights from Altenrhein to Catania and Santander in the summer timetable. These are individual trips on behalf of High Life Reisen. going to Sicily

Charter: Peoples takes on Altenrhein-Zadar
On behalf of the tour operator High Life, the regional airline Peoples will fly once a week between Altenrhein and Zadar from May 6, 2023. A stopover is made in Pula. The Croatia flights

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
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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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Elba connection: Lugano's last regular flights
Since the bankruptcy of Darwin Airline and the withdrawal of Swiss, there are only a few scheduled flights at Lugano Airport in Ticino. Also in the charter area you are in direct comparison with

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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