The main airports in Switzerland showed a sharp increase in passenger traffic between April and the end of June. However, it remains below the levels before the coronavirus pandemic.
In total, Swiss airports recorded 13.8 million passengers (+21% over one year) arriving or departing, local and transfer, in scheduled and charter traffic in the second quarter. This figure remains 10% lower compared to the same period in 2019 before the crisis caused by Covid-19, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said in a press release on Monday.
Zurich Airport remains the leading airport platform in the country with an increase of 28% to 7.6 million passengers transported during the period, followed by Geneva Airport (+12% to almost 4 million) and EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (+ 14% to 2.2 million).
The number of air movements followed the same trajectory, with 56,136 take-offs and landings at Kloten (+18%), 31,981 at Cointrin (+7%) and 17,266 at Basel-Mulhouse (+7%).
Europe remains the number one destination for Swiss travellers – with Spain, the UK, Germany, France and Italy as the main destinations. Asia, North America, Africa, as well as South and Central America follow.
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