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Post-corona seems to be over: Records are falling at airports in Basel and Zurich at the beginning of the autumn holidays. For example, according to CH Media, 831 planes took off and landed in Zurich last Friday. That’s more than has happened since October 11, 2019.
The airport previously expected a daily passenger volume of 110,000 passengers. This would be slightly lower than the all-time record of 115,000 air passengers set on July 28, 2019. The Swiss airline industry is now back to pre-pandemic levels.
According to data from Zurich Airport and air traffic control authority Eurocontrol, there were only 2 percent fewer flights on average last week than four years ago. As of Friday, the Swiss airline reached 94.5 percent of the number of flights in 2019.
Record volumes causing queues
This did not go so smoothly: High passenger volumes led to long queues and piles of luggage, especially at the beginning of the month. This is proven by pictures and testimonials on social media. However, the airport and Swissport told Blick last week that they were ready for the big rush thanks to the new measures they had taken. After initial difficulties, wait times could be shortened.
As in Zurich, there were record numbers of passengers in Basel. According to data from the canton of Basel-Stadt, there were 31,778 passengers on Sunday. A week ago, at the beginning of the autumn school holidays, there were 32,369 students in Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. There have not been many passenger transactions at Euroairport since October 11, 2019.
Things look completely different in front of Gotthard as air traffic increases rapidly. Traffic volume here is 3.2 percent lower than at the same time in 2019. It is even below the values in the autumn of 2021 and 2022. Due to the extremely hot weather in German-speaking Switzerland at the moment, the Swiss seem to have little desire to travel south by car. (Snap)
Source :Blick
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