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Zurich Airport has repeatedly been named the best airport in Europe
Zurich Airport was once again named the best airport in Europe this year. He once again achieved both the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award and the World Travel Award
Zurich Airport achieves record profit in 2023
Zurich Airport achieved an excellent result last year. The airport achieved a record profit of 2023 million francs in 304,2. Zurich Airport has the year
Swiss gets two new board members
There are new management appointments at the Swiss airline. Effective May 1, 2024, Oliver Buchhofer will take on the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Newer
Edelweiss christens HB-JLP “Elm”
The Swiss holiday airline Edelweiss Air has had the Airbus A320 with the registration HB-JLP named “Elm” by the athlete Vreni Schneider. It's about unity
Zurich: Population votes for slope extensions
Zurich-Kloten Airport intends to extend two of three runways. For this reason, a referendum was held. This has shown that the project has received the green light. After
Pilatus PC-21: Over 500.000 flight hours completed
So far, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has been able to deliver around 250 examples of the PC-21 training aircraft. To date, they have completed a total of around 500.000 flight hours. Ioannis Papachristofilou, recently elected VP Government Aviation of Pilatus
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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
Swiss and SBB are extending Air-Rail to Geneva Airport
The Swiss Federal Railways and the airline Swiss are expanding their “Air Rail” cooperation, which has existed for several years. The focus is now also on Geneva Airport, which is improving the rail route with through tickets
Swiss watch mounted during Swiss long-haul flight
Switzerland is also known for high-precision watch movements. To date, no clock has ever been assembled above the clouds. That changed on October 18, 2023, on board a Swiss flight
Geneva: A320 from Air Malta with two return landings
The passengers of Air Malta flight KM483 had twice as much bad luck on the Geneva-Luqa route on September 2, 2023. After a delay of around an hour, the plane had to leave after around 30
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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
easyJet connects Basel with Rijeka
The airline easyJet plans to launch a new connection between Basel and Rijeka next summer. The airline is planning two weekly flights. The airline easyJet will be offering additional flights next summer
Basel Airport with 77 destinations in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule
From Basel Airport, 2023 destinations will be served non-stop by the local airlines in the 24/77 winter flight schedule. The offer includes, among other things, flight destinations within Europe in Spain,
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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
Bern: FlyBair is repositioning itself as an intermediary
Bern-Belp Airport's own brand, FlyBair, will not be offering its own charter flights this year. The decision is justified, among other things, by the fact that due to the corona pandemic, there would still be a lack of predictability. Also
Switzerland: Ruag is back in the black
The Swiss aviation and armaments group Ruag can announce black figures again after losses made in the 2020 financial year. In 2021, an EBIT of
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Summer 2022: Rhomberg Reisen is launching Corsica charter again
The tour operator Rhomberg Reisen will also offer the destination Calvi (Corsica) from Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Memmingen and Altenrhein in summer 2022. Air Corsica, Luxair and Peoples are used
Altenrhein: Peoples further increases the Vienna route
The Austrian regional airline Peoples is increasing the offer on the only scheduled route with effect from November 19, 2021. The carrier will commute between Altenrhein and Vienna more frequently on weekends. Of the
Ski charter: Peoples flies from Billund and Gothenburg to Altenrhein
The Austrian regional airline Peoples will operate charter flights from Billund and Gothenburg to Altenrhein in winter. These will be offered from mid-January to the end of March 2022. According to Peoples boss Thomas Krutzler is acting
Peoples increases Altenrhein-Vienna again
The Austrian regional airline Peoples will be operating the Altenrhein-Vienna route more frequently again from September 13, 2021. Double the daily margin is to be offered again on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mondays and
Peoples announces comeback for April 12, 2021
The Austrian regional airline Peoples announces the resumption of the connection between Altenrhein and Vienna on April 12, 2021. First of all, there is one round trip on the working days Monday to Thursday
Charter in the absence of scheduled flights: AUA flies SK Rapid to Altenrhein
Peoples' scheduled flight service between Vienna and Altenrhein is currently on hold. Therefore, the Bundesliga soccer players of SK Rapid Wien have to travel to their away match against SCR Altach by charter flight. This
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