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Zurich Airport: Kevin Fleck succeeds Lukas Brosi
Zurich Airport was able to announce the successor to CFO Lukas Brosi: Kevin Fleck will become Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Board of Flughafen Zürich AG as of mid-August. Luke Brosi

Edelweiss: Lightning strike forces A320-200 to land
Flight WK220 of the Swiss airline Edelweiss from Zurich to Seville had to be canceled due to a lightning strike. The affected Airbus A320-200 with registration number HB-IHY is also located 48 hours

Swiss: New connection from Hamburg to Geneva
The Swiss airline Swiss will in future include the Hamburg – Geneva route in its flight program. The new connection from Hamburg and Geneva will be offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. With launch

Swiss is looking for first officers with previous experience
Contrary to previous practice, the Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss will also hire first officers who have already completed pilot training in the coming years. One is both at persons with and

Air Nostrum takes on Zurich-Ibiza
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Iberia will offer a non-stop connection between Zurich and the Balearic island of Ibiza. This is to be served once a week from July 1, 2023. Air Nostrum is used

Zurich Airport with Shanghai and Seoul in the flight schedule
With the start of the 2023 summer flight schedule, Zurich Airport will have 187 destinations in 71 countries in its portfolio. These flights are to be taken over and operated by a total of 60 airlines. Also granted
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Technical breakdown at Skyguide: air traffic in Switzerland largely paralyzed
The Swiss air traffic control Skyguide experienced a significant technical fault early on Wednesday. As a result, Swiss airspace had to be closed and

Swiss extends pick-up service to Zurich Airport
After a successful test phase of the Smart Baggage service at Geneva Airport, the Swiss carrier is expanding its partnership with AirPortr to include Zurich Airport and offering the service throughout Switzerland

Lot Polish Airlines advertises connecting flights to the Balkans
Flights from Switzerland to the Balkan countries are notoriously fully booked in summer and are usually very expensive. Competition can't hurt: Poland's Lot is now also expressly advertising transfer connections via

Geneva Airport: Emirates increases frequency to Dubai
Emirates will resume its second daily non-stop service between Geneva and its hub Dubai from 1 July 2022. The airline is responding to the increase by doubling its flight capacity

Geneva: L'Odyssey wants to start with a chartered Saab 340B
A virtual airline with a French background is to be launched in Switzerland under the name L'Odyssey. From the end of June 2022, charter flights with Saab are to be operated from Geneva

From Zurich and Geneva: Swiss introduces business pre-order menus
The Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss enables business class passengers on long-haul routes to select their preferred meal before departure. The free pre-order can be made online up to 36 hours in advance
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After pressure drop and emergency landing in Basel: Corendon passengers complain of earache
A pressure loss occurred on Corondon Europe flight XR2271 on Sunday on the way from Nuremberg to Palma de Mallorca. The Boeing 737-800 with the registration 9H-TJE initiated the emergency descent and

Swiss repays corona credit early
Swiss stumbled during the pandemic - a guarantee from the federal government flushed fresh money into the coffers. Now the Lufthansa subsidiary has already repaid the loan. The group has

Basel: An abandoned suitcase caused the terminal to be evacuated
Basel Airport had to be closed for around two hours on Sunday. The cause was an abandoned piece of luggage that was not picked up by the owner despite repeated announcements. So the police took action

ASL France welcomes Algiers from Basel-Mulhouse
The French airline ASL France will in future fly non-stop to Algiers from Paris-CDG, Lille, Lyon and Basel-Mulhouse. Flights will start from June 25, 2022 from EuroAirport. The carrier plans the

Basel: New exhibition to inspire passengers for sustainability
A new exhibition at Basel-Mulhouse Airport aims to sensitize passengers to the topic of sustainable travel. This was designed by students from the “Macromedia University” (Freiburg) and the “College for Design and Art

Basel receives Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 4
Basel Airport has been awarded Level 4 “Airport Carbon Accreditation” by ACI Europe. It is the first Swiss airport to achieve this level of certification. In
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SkyWork bankruptcy: employee claims covered
In the case of the bankruptcy proceedings of the former regional airline SkyWork Airlines, the schedule of claims is now available at the Bern-Mittelland bankruptcy office. Around 1.000 creditors have claims amounting to CHF 26,4 million

RUAG sells Do228 production to nuclear power plant manufacturers
The state-owned RUAG Holding announced that some assets at the Oberpfaffenhofen site (Germany) will be sold. The maintenance center for business jets and military helicopters as well as the production and maintenance of the model are affected

flyBAIR discontinues flights to Spain
The start-up flyBAIR, which is co-financed as part of a crowdfunding campaign, has to withdraw its Spain offer from the program. The reason for this is the new BAG regulation, according to which everyone who comes from Mallorca to Switzerland

Helvetic Airways announces a new start
On Sunday, July 5, 2020, the regional airline Helvetic Airways will gradually resume flight operations. This should take place depending on demand and the global corona situation. “Even after the partial

Bern faces a difficult future
In the previous year, the airport posted a loss of around 1,5 million Swiss francs. The year 2020 will be even more difficult due to the corona crisis. The in-house brand FlyBair should take off shortly. The fiscal year

FlyBair will take off on July 18, 2020 from Bern and Sion
The house brand of Bern-Belp Airport, FlyBair, is scheduled to take off for the first time in the direction of Palma de Mallorca on July 18, 2020. The flights are carried out by Helvetic Airways. First is the Mediterranean island
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