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This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from the Switzerland.

This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from the Switzerland. Whether you choose Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Bern, Lugano, Altenrhein or  Sion If you are interested in Switzerland, you have come to the right place.

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Basel Airport announces runway renovation

Basel-Mulhouse Airport will close its main runway for around a month in spring 2026. The reason for this is that extensive renovation work must be carried out on the runway. In order to ensure safe flight operations, Basel-Mulhouse Airport regularly carries out construction work. This also includes extensive maintenance work on the main runway. Such

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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, there will be flights to Rijeka in Croatia twice a week from June 24, 2024. A connection to Antalya, which will also be served twice a week, will be launched on March 31, 2024. From Zurich

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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 offer additional flights from Basel next summer, as reported by the portal Ex-Yu Aviation News. Two weekly flights to Rijeka are to be introduced next summer.

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Fourth Basel evacuation: Are the authorities being fooled?

Basel Airport has had to be evacuated four times within a few days due to bomb threats. This always meant that flight operations had to be interrupted for several hours. Everyone had to leave the terminal and wait outside for the all-clear. Unfortunately, such bomb threats, which almost always

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Again: Another bomb threat against Basel Airport

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Basel Airport had to be evacuated for the third time within a few days due to a bomb threat. Flight operations had to be temporarily suspended - once again. By now, one would assume that the authorities have become somewhat routine, because on Tuesday, from 17 p.m.

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Basel Airport closed again due to bomb threat

Basel Airport had to be evacuated again on Friday afternoon due to a bomb threat. The terminal was evacuated and flight operations were suspended. This means that the procedures that had to be followed the day before are repeated. On October 19, 2023, a bomb threat was received at around 13:30 p.m. This turned out to be a false alarm.

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Bomb threat: Basel Airport had to be temporarily closed

Due to a bomb threat, Basel Airport had to be evacuated and closed from late afternoon on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The all-clear was later given. The French and Swiss authorities announced that it was a false alarm. The staff and passengers were able to return to the airport safely.

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Winter 2023/24: Ryanair UK serves London (Stansted)-Basel

The low-cost airline Ryanair will operate a seasonal flight connection between London Stansted and Basel in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. This is to start on December 16, 2023. It is currently planned that flights will be operated on Saturdays. Formally, these are flights offered by the UK subsidiary Ryanair UK under RK flight numbers. For the time being

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