The change to the summer timetable sees the return of flights to Shanghai and Seoul from Zurich Airport. It also includes new destinations in the European route network, and two new services round out the offering from Zurich. Zurich Airport is ready for the increase in travelers over the Easter and spring holidays. However, longer waiting periods at peak times will have to be taken into account.
Overall, 60 airlines will offer flights to 187 destinations in 71 countries from Zurich, starting with the summer timetable. This means that, compared with 2019, a total of 95% of the destinations are being served again by around 90% of the airlines.
Starting with the summer timetable, SWISS will again offer three flights per week to Shanghai. In March it added the route back to its network with one flight per week. Likewise, Korean Air is again operating the seasonal route between Seoul and Zurich in the summer timetable – on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
The home carrier’s route network
SWISS, Edelweiss, and Chair are expanding their route networks. Around one-third of the additional services in the SWISS timetable are flights to and from Germany. Edelweiss will take over Bari as a destination from SWISS. The holiday airline will also offer two flights per week to Biarritz in southwestern France, starting on 23 June. From 7 July until 18 August, Edelweiss will operate flights to Akureyri in Iceland, a new destination from Zurich. The destinations served by Chair in the winter timetable, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, will be retained in the summer. From 7 April there will also be a flight to Fuerteventura.
Other European destinations from Zurich
After a break of around three years, Cyprus Airways will again offer seasonal flights on the Zurich-Larnaca route. Iberia will operate a service to Ibiza in July and August. Vueling, which, like Iberia, is part of the International Airlines Group, will operate a weekly flight to Bilbao from July until the end of October, on Fridays. easyJet will offer two flights a week from Zurich to Naples for a short time in the summer. From the end of March, Brussels Airlines will offer five flights a week from Zurich to Brussels. The Moldovan airline FLYONE will operate flights on Thursdays and Sundays to Chişinău as of 25 June.
Expanded long-haul segment
Back in Zurich since last December, Cathay Pacific will increase its flights to Hong Kong from two to three per week from the end of June. From July, Qatar Airways will offer two daily flights to Doha again. Moreover, Ethiopian Airlines will offer four services a week, instead of three, as of the summer timetable. In addition to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays it will now fly on Sundays via Milan to Addis Ababa. Saudia is expanding its service with a third flight to Riyadh.
Zurich Airport preparing for the Easter and spring holidays
The Easter and spring holidays are among the most popular travel times in Switzerland. Higher passenger volumes and departure and arrival peaks throughout the day are expected, when many aircraft will take off or land at short intervals. This can impact waiting times at the airport.
