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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The airline Cathay Pacific is increasing the frequencies on the Hong Kong-Zurich route. In future, flights will be operated three times a week. Long-haul aircraft of the Airbus A350-1000 type are usually used. The carrier from the Chinese special administrative region only reactivated this route in December 2022. Now it is increasing to three rotations per week,
Last Sunday, Zurich-Kloten Airport had more passengers than ever since the beginning of the corona pandemic. According to the airport's statement, there were more than 100.000 passengers. The record of 115.000 travelers, which was set on July 28, 2019, has not yet been broken. Zurich Airport AG
Zurich-Kloten Airport was used by 2023 passengers in June 2.596.903. This was 20 percent higher than the previous year, but ten percent lower than the pre-crisis volume. The number of local passengers in June 2023 was 1.820.255. The proportion of transfer passengers was 30 percent, which corresponds to 770.162 passengers. In June 2023
The holiday airline Edelweiss Air is getting a new marketing manager in Nina Wach. She will hold the position of Head of Brand Management & Marketing Communication. The manager succeeds Yves Maclean, who will leave the company at the end of July 2023. According to Travel Inside, Wach most recently worked for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and
The low-cost airline Ryanair intends to fly between Basel and London-Stansted again in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. The destinations Dublin and Zagreb are currently offered from EuroAirport. With effect from November 4, 2023, Ryanair plans to fly to London-Stansted once a week from Basel. This is according to a media statement from the carrier.
Last week, the holiday airline Edelweiss Air operated its first flight between Zurich and Biarritz. Two weekly rotations will be offered until mid-September 2023. Since June 23, 2023, Edelweiss Air has been flying from Zurich to Biarritz on Tuesdays and Fridays. This event was marked with the traditional ribbon cutting
At the end of last week, the fleet of the regional airline Helvetic Airways grew to 18 aircraft. With the HB-JVX, an Embraer 190 that was previously used by Tuifly Belgium has been added to the fleet. Another example of this type will be taken over at the end of June 2023. This E190 will then have the registration HB-JVY and
Basel-Mulhouse Airport is assuming that the airport will be used much more during the summer holidays. They warn that there could be longer waiting times at the checkpoints and at the security checkpoints. Euro-Airport recommends that passengers arrive at least two hours before departure. It is recommended
The Swiss aviation company Zimex Aviation will be the first customer of the de Havilland DHC-6-300-G. During the Paris Air Show, it was announced that two aircraft of this type had been ordered directly from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Neither the carrier nor the manufacturer gave any specific information on the delivery date of the modernized Twin Otter. The model is based
Effective July 1, 2023, SR Technics will have a new boss, Matthias Düllmann. The manager has been working for the maintenance company since 2017 and was most recently Chief Financial Officer. Düllmann succeeds Marc Lenz, who, according to a media statement, will continue to work for the former Swissair subsidiary. Specifically, he will
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