Zurich, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Zurich Airport has reported a 6.6% increase in passenger traffic in 2008, with 22.1 million passengers moving through Kloten. Geneva’s Cointrin Airport also had a strong 2008, GenevaLunch reported 6 January, with 11.8 million passengers. Zurich serves as a transit airport for many passengers traveling in and out of Geneva.
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Geneva urban area rail plans laid out
Geneva, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – Geneva Tuesday presented details including likely routes and timetables, for an RER urban transport plan that is designed to greatly reduce automobile traffic in the greater Geneva area in Switzerland and France. The new project was signed by French, Geneva and Vaud authorities in March 2008 and will link […]
Schengen is here, but border guards not yet authorized everywhere
Bern, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – Travel on a train in Valais or Ticino and you should not be asked by a customs officer to show your goods – a situation that will soon change. Switzerland became part of the Schengen Area 12 December, which allows travelers to enter and leave Switzerland without routine passport […]
Morges-Ecublens A1 to get third lane: national pilot project
Updated 14 January 08:45 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One of Switzerland’s most heavily traveled road sections, between Morges and Ecublens in Vaud, will get some relief starting in 2010, the federal government said Tuesday afternoon: drivers in both directions will be allowed to use the emergency lane under a project that will be evaluated at […]
Swiss cuts fuel surcharges on long-haul and European flights
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss is cutting its fuel surcharges by CHF7 on European flights and CHF30 “per sector,” effective today, 13 January. European surcharges fall to CHF29 and longhaul to CHF114. The company says that the surcharge rates are being reduced despite somewhat volatile fuel markets because “the prices of crude oil and jet […]