Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – More than 500,000 people turned out for the musical big-bangs end to the 63rd edition of Geneva’s colourful Fetes de Geneve. The fireworks and music display, reportedly the largest in the city’s history, started at 22:00 and lasted for almost an hour. It was a treat! Various pyrotechnical companies competed to […]
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Zurich Kloten passengers on Swiss to do own check-in
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Passengers flying economy class on Swiss will do their own check-ins starting 30 July, ATS news service reports the airline confirming. Electronic check-ins will thus replace check-in desks. The service will be evaluated in the autumn.
Two-hour cut in Bern-Zurich-Basel train service hits int’l travel
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A two-hour cut in train service on the key Bern-Zurich lines starting at 11:15 Tuesday 14 July was due to a power failure at a points station in Olten, says the CFF rail company. No intercity trains ran during that time, resulting in a major disruption of international train service because […]
Economic gloom bonus: fewer hours spent in Swiss traffic jams
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of hours the Swiss spent in traffic jams fell to 10 048 in 2008, the lowest in seven years, the federal roads department says, and this despite a 1 percent increase in traffic on Swiss roads last year. The increase was smaller than in recent years, however, which has averaged 2.4 […]