Switzerland

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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Singapore Airlines realigns DA-CH sales

Singapore Airlines is restructuring its sales team for the Germany-Austria-Switzerland region and creating a joint sales department for the DA-CH region, which will be headed by Patrick Bucher. In addition, in his role as “Regional Alliance Manager Europe & Sales Manager Germany, Switzerland & Austria”, he is responsible for the important “Joint

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After BA: Offensive photos now also concern Swiss

After British Airways, Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss now also has a problem with offensive photos taken on airplanes. Under the pseudonym "Tina on heels", a woman is distributing the relevant photographs, which show her legs, among other things. She herself states on her social media profile that she was in the cabin of Swiss

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Chair offers Alpine sightseeing on New Year's Eve

Blackforest Aviation und Chair Airlines laden zum Alpenrundflug am Silvesterabend: Schon ab 99 Euro kann die Schweizer Alpenwelt aus der Vogelperspektive erlebt werden. Geflogen wird mit einem Airbus A319 von Chair. Die Maschine des Schweizer Carriers bietet Platz für bis zu 150 Gäste und startet am Donnerstag, den 31.Dezember 2020 unter der

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Altenrhein: Peoples presents the 2021 summer flight schedule

The Austrian regional airline Peoples will again be offering numerous holiday flights in the 2021 summer flight schedule in cooperation with High-Life-Reisen and Rhomberg-Reisen. What is new is that the three providers will be working together. The holiday destinations Menorca, Calabria, Corsica, Kefalonia, Epirus & Lefkas are on the Rhomberg Reisen program. On behalf of High Life

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November: sharp decline in Zurich-Kloten

Zurich-Kloten Airport counted a total of 2020 passengers in November 245.187. In direct comparison with the same month last year, this represents a decrease of 80 percent. The number of local passengers fell by 86,6 percent to 203.825 travelers. The proportion of transfer passengers fell by 15,6 percentage points to 16 percent. 38.782 passengers changed

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Swiss boss Klühr expects ticket prices to rise

While Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary only recently publicly stressed that he expects ticket prices to fall and demand to rise, Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss sees the situation completely differently. In Switzerland, they expect ticket prices in economy class to rise. This would also be related to the fact that

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Singapore Airlines appoints new DA-CH General Manager

Since December 1, 2020, Alastair Hay-Campbell has been General Manager for the DA-CH region at Singapore Airlines. He succeeds Sy Yen Chen, who is moving to India in the same role. The new Germany-Austria-Switzerland boss has worked for the Star Alliance carrier in various positions since 2000. Most recently, he was Senior Manager in Singapore

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Lufthansa corporations extend rebooking free of charge

Since the end of August, all fares from Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings can be rebooked as often as you like free of charge. This fare offer was originally valid until the end of the year. Now it has been extended for a further two months: All airline fares can now be rebooked as often as you like if a ticket is issued by February 28, 2021.

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Green Airlines blows off the start again

The startup Green Airlines has postponed its first charter flight for the second time at extremely short notice. Now it plans to start on February 1, 2021. Previously, it was postponed from November 1, 2020 to December 1, 2020 and caused a little hilarity in the wake of the BER opening, as the flights operated by Chalair

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Zurich starts corona rapid tests

Rapid corona tests are now also available at the airport in Kloten. These can be used in the “Amavita” pharmacy, which is located in the former ID office on the first floor of Check-in 2. However, advance registration by telephone is required. The cost is 57,50 Swiss francs. However, the state covers the costs for

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