Zurich Airport Key traffic figures March 2023

In March 2023, 2’081’649 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 58% compared to last year. Passenger levels are 86% of those reached in March 2019.  read more: https://www.flughafen-zuerich.ch/newsroom/en/key-traffic-figures-march-2023/#:~:text=Key%20traffic%20figures%20March%202023%20In%20March%202023%2C,are%2086%25%20of%20those%20reached%20in%20March%202019.

Eurocontrol Forecast Highlights Economic Uncertainty

Eurocontrol’s latest traffic outlook underlines the region’s economic and geopolitical uncertainties, even as the agency revises upwards the number of European flights expected in 2023 and 2024 as post-pandemic pent-up demand continues to drive bookings.  In its spring update to the seven-year traffic outlook presented in October 2022, the European network manager noted that flight … Read more

Air Travel Growth Continues in February

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong growth in air travel demand, based on February 2023 traffic results.  Read more: https://go.updates.iata.org/webmail/123902/1541845629/221d7ebc3f1ee6bc107cfd68e20df831e51a57b600c5b807e5941c46823ece3d

European 2023 delays must be tackled now

Most notably in Europe there were significant delays and capacity constraints at key airports. According to Eurocontrol, there was a 33% increase in arrival delays compared with 2019, reaching 16.9 minutes per flight on average. Peak periods easily exceeded that average. Departure punctuality was below 50% at the beginning of July and rarely rose above … Read more

Aviation: 2022 Annual Safety Report published

Bern, 14.03.2023 – The Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) processed almost 12,000 occurence reports in 2022. These contribute to the ongoing improvement of safety on the ground and in the air. The most recent safety statistics have just been released and published in the 2022 Annual Safety Report. Read more and to see the Annual Safety report … Read more