Holiday-hungry people overrun Zurich Airport
Numerous Swiss fly far away over Easter. Nau.ch asked around at Zurich Airport on Maundy Thursday.
the essentials in brief
- Instead of being stuck in a traffic jam at Zurich Airport, people are dying in queues to check in their luggage.
- At Easter, many Swiss travel by plane on vacation.
- Due to Corona regulations and those who are hungry for holidays, expect waiting times here too.
The Swiss travel far away at Easter. Anyone who doesn’t want to be stuck in traffic for hours can be found at Zurich Airport at the weekend.
Like Denis, who flies to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a long weekend. “I gave this to my girlfriend for Valentine’s Day,” says the vacationer. Is it worth taking such a long journey for such a short amount of time? “It’s not that long – it’s only five hours.”
Eileen and Frieda also go on vacation. «We fly to Tenerife. We decided to go there in January.” The two stayed for ten days.
And Mari flies to Madrid: «For two days. We’ll be back on Sunday.” It was a spontaneous decision to fly there.
At Easter, waiting times at check-in are up to four times longer
Elena Stern, media spokeswoman for the airport, is definitely satisfied with the number of passengers on the first day of Easter: “We expect around 70,000 passengers a day. That corresponds to around 70 percent of what we had before Corona. » That is impressive, especially compared to 2020: “We only had 860 passengers per day there on Easter. In 2021 there were 13,200.”
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What preparations does Zurich Airport have to make? “We are always in close contact with our partners.” However, due to the applicable travel regulations abroad, there may be waiting times.
Are you flying into the Easter holidays?
14%
Yes, I am very happy!
1
Yes, I am very happy!
77%
No, I will stay at home.
2
No, I will stay at home.
9%
No, I’m traveling by car.
3
No, I’m traveling by car.
“The check-in time per passenger can take up to four times longer due to appropriate controls.” Expected travel destinations include London, Berlin and Mallorca, Stern said.
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