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 partnership between Swiss and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which has existed since 2019, will continue indefinitely. The aim is to further improve the connection between rail and air traffic. From October 2, 2024, new destinations in the canton of Graubünden, including Chur, Davos, Klosters and St. Moritz, will be added to the network.
The business jet operator Aero is connecting Farnborough in the UK with Sion and Geneva in the current 2022/23 winter season. These are so-called on-demand flights with fixed departure times. These are served by business jets. For the time being, until the end of March 2023, flights will be operated from Farnborough to Geneva in Switzerland on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The airline Helvetic Airways will also offer holiday flights from Bern and Zurich in summer 2023. According to the airline, the warm water destinations will be opened earlier than before next year. In Zurich, flights will start in April 2023 and in Bern in May 2023. The Embraer operator is one of the few airlines
The Swiss helicopter operator Air Zermatt has signed a purchase agreement with Bell Textron for the acquisition of another Bell 429. This is the third helicopter of this type that the company will operate. Air Zermatt specializes in carrying out rescue flights. However, it also offers transport flights and the eleven
The Swiss startup Air Mountain has started selling tickets on three routes from Sion. These are Calvi and Figari on Corsica and Saint-Tropez. The destination Calvi will be offered from Sion every Wednesday and Saturday from April 13, 2022. The flight to Figari will be
The startup Air Mountain SA, based in Sion, Switzerland, plans to offer flights from Geneva and Sion to Saint-Tropez from June 2021. These can already be booked via the provider's homepage. The destinations Figari and Calvi will also be offered from Sion. In contrast to the
Bern-Belp Airport's own brand, FlyBair, will not offer any holiday flights in the 2021 summer flight schedule. The restart will be postponed until 2022. Last year, only 32 of 150 rotations could be carried out. "Due to the uncertain market environment and the lack of planning security as a result of the pandemic, the Board of Directors and management have jointly decided to initiate a "freezing process"
There is apparently a bad atmosphere between the regional airline Helvetic Airways and the Bern-Belp Airport's own brand, FlyBair. The airline is demanding payment for the charter flights to Palma de Mallorca that were cancelled in summer 2021. The annual report of FlyBair AG shows that a legal dispute is pending. The subsidiary of the
On Sunday, July 5, 2020, the regional airline Helvetic Airways will gradually resume flight operations. This will depend on demand and the global corona situation. "Even after the partial reopening of the inner-European borders, the situation remains very uncertain. Activities are slowly being ramped up again and there remains a high level of uncertainty.
The Bern-Belp Airport's own brand, FlyBair, is scheduled to take off for the first time to Palma de Mallorca on July 18, 2020. The flights will be operated by Helvetic Airways. Initially, the Mediterranean island will be served from Sion and Bern. "All the people behind the project, my team and I, have been looking forward to
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