Since Lufthansa took over Swiss in 2005, the group has been offering competitors take-off and landing rights (slots) at Zurich Airport to facilitate market entry on certain intercontinental routes.
Despite this offer, which the EU Commission imposed as a condition for the takeover, there is little interest from other airlines for the summer of 2025. Routes to airports such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Bangkok and Cairo are affected. The slot offer, which has existed for almost 20 years, therefore remains largely unused.
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