- IATA speaks out against passenger service charge at
Zurich airport.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has labelled a 47% increase in passenger service charges at Switzerland's Zurich airport as "ludicrous". IATA - which represents some 98% of airlines operating international services - claims that the charge to take effect at Zurich's Kloten International ......
- Swiss airports receive concession extensions but
tighter noise standards.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Federal Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Department of Switzerland has awarded Unique Zurich Airport and Geneva's Cointrin airport new 50-year operating concessions, but has also attached stricter noise conditions. The government has set tighter noise limits, which analysts have said could cost the ......
- Zurich residents protest Germany's plan to ban
aircraft.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Residents of Zurich, Switzerland protested on Saturday (5 July) over an impending increase in aircraft flying over heavily populated parts of the city. Up to 10,000 people took part in the protests, prompted by Germany's ban on aircraft flying over parts of southern Germany ......
- Go takes easyJet head-on between London and
Nice.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Go, a UK low-cost carrier, has indicated that it will be starting daily flights from London-Stansted airport to Nice in May. The announcement was issued as a challenge to the owner of easyJet, another low-cost carrier, with Go stating that the new flights would ......
- SAirGroup claims German demands on flight noise are
endangering Zurich airport.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SAirGroup, the parent company of Swissair, has said that new German demands on flight noise were endangering its Zurich airport and would also affect other international airlines. Germany will withdraw from an agreement with Switzerland which regulates flights to and from Zurich that pass ......
- Switzerland alters landing procedures at Zurich
airport.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Swiss government has reportedly changed landing procedures at Zurich airport to allow aircraft to land on an eastern runway. The ruling was necessary because of a German ban on overnight use of southern German airspace for the approach to a northern runway at ......
- Air France flight diverted to
Zurich.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An Air France aircraft was forced to divert to Zurich, Switzerland, and make an emergency landing on Wednesday (8 June), the Zurich airport said. The Boeing 737, en route from Paris, France, to Vienna, Austria, and carrying 106 passengers, was forced to land in ......