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Air Europa launches Geneva - Madrid double daily

The spanish airline Air Europa will start two daily flights from Madrid to Geneva as of 30 October 2011 as follows:

Madrid-Geneva  09:00-10:50  UX 1641
Geneva-Madrid  11:35-13:35  UX 1642
Madrid-Geneva  15:35-17:25  UX 1643
Geneva-Madrid  18:10-20:10  UX 1644

Air Europa is member of the Skyteam airline alliance and the new route will enable travellers to South America to benefit from the Skyteam connections to Latin America out of Madrid.

citytrip.ch 23Jun11

New flight route from Geneva to Berlin Tegel

The swedish Airline Skyways will start a new route from Berlin to Geneva on 20 June 2011. Flights will operate twice daily from Monday to Friday as follows:
 
Flight schedule from 20 June 2011: Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr
Berlin TXL - Geneva GVA 06:30-08:00
Geneva GVA - Berlin TXL 08:30-10:00
Berlin TXL - Geneva GVA 17:40-19:10
Geneva GVA - Berlin TXL 19:40-21:10

As Skyways cooperates with Air Baltic the new route can also be booked  in code share with Air Baltic (BT) flight number.

citytrip.ch 19May11

Hainan Airlines launches direct flight Beijing - Zurich

Hainan Airlines (HU) has recently announced a direct Beijing - Zurich connection. The flights will start operation on 31 May 2011 and take place three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays as follows:
Beijing (PEK) - Zurich (ZRH) 01:50-07:05 - Tu,Th,Su
Zurich (ZRH) - Beijing (PEK) 01:50-07:05 - Tu,Th,Su

The same route will also be operated by Swiss / Edelweiss (LX/WK) Air from 07 July - 14 October 2011 with one flight per week:
Zurich (ZRH) - Beijing (PEK) 13:55-05:55+1 - Thursday
Beijing (PEK) - Zürich (ZRH) 08:05-12:45 - Friday

Search flights from Zurich to Beijing

citytrip.ch 23Mar11

With Edelweiss Air / Swiss directly to Beijing

Edelweiss Air and its parent company Swiss will serve Zurich - Beijing with a weekly flight from 07 July to 14 October 2011. The new route will be operated with an Edelweiss Air Airbus A320-200 outbound on thurdays and inbound on fridays.
Flight schedule (subject to acquisition of the required traffic rights):
Zurich (ZRH) - Beijing (PEK) 13:55 - 05:55+1 - Thursday
Beijing (PEK) - Zurich (ZRH) 08:05 - 12:45 - Friday

citytrip.ch 10Jan11

Weekly summer flights from Zurich to Inverness

In addition to the new seasonal flights from Zurich to Cardiff Helvetic Airways has just opened the Zurich - Inverness - Zurich Route for direct sale. The new route from Switzerland to Scotland will be operated from 21 May to 17 September 2011 every Saturday as follows:
Zurich - Inverness    07:40 - 09:10   
Inverness - Zurich    10:00 - 13:25   

citytrip.ch 08Jan11

Emirates will fly to Geneva from June 2011

Emirates currently offers double-daily flights between Dubai and Zurich and will start daily operations from Dubai to Geneva on 01 June 2011. The new route will be operated with Boeing 777-200LR (266 seats) and 777-300ER (354 seats) aircrafts in a three-class configuration and 15-20-tonne cargo capacity.
According to Emirates press release Geneva will be the 26th Emirates destination in Europe and the 111th international flight route.
Flight schedule:
EK 089 Dubai - Geneva / 08:55 - 14:10
EK 090 Geneva - Dubai / 15:40 - 23:59

Geneva is already served by other ambitious airlines from the gulf of arabia such as Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. Each of them operates 5 weekly flight to Geneva from their Hubs in Doha and Abu Dhabi.

citytrip.ch 02Dec10

New direct flight London - Berne

The British and the Swiss Capital will be connected with a direct flight.
SkyWorkAirlines.ch will start flight operations as of 27 March 2011 every day of the week except saturday.
Flight schedule:
SX 112 London City- Berne 19:20 - 21:55
SX 111 Berne - London City 18:15 - 18:50

citytrip.ch 04Nov10

Charter flights ex Switzerland for winter 2010/11

The swiss travel trade magazine Travel Inside has published the "Holiday Flights" for winter 2010/11.
The "Holiday Flights" feature almost all charter flights from Zurich, Basle, Geneva and Friedrichshafen/DE for the next winter season. 
This is a nice tool to see which swiss tour operator operates charters (full charter, partcharter, seat allotments) where to and when.
Click here to download the "Holiday Flights" as pdf.
The flights are part of holiday packages but many are also available as flight-only. A list of holiday destinations available as "flight-only" can be found here (german).

citytrip.ch 09Sep10

Air Berlin flights from Zurich and Basel to Majorca for summer 2010 are open for booking.

Air Berlin flights from Zurich and Basle to Majorca for summer 2010 are open for booking. Early bookers are invited to book and benefit from favourable prices for the next summer season.
Palma de Mallorca is a hub of Air Berlin and with approx 350 flights per week AB is considered to be a big player. One of four flight passengers to Majorca is flying with Air Berlin.
Via Palma de Majorca Air Berlin operates connecting flights to Madrid, Valencia, Murcia, Santiago de Compostela, Bilbao, Ciudad Real, Oviedo/Asturias, Sevilla, Oporto and Lissabon.
partner link: airberlin.com

Click on the Links to see who else is operating flights to Majorca and the Balearic Islands ex Switzerland.

citytrip.ch 14Aug09

Charter flights from Switzerland Winter 2008/09

[UPDATE 14Mar09: Charter flights ex Switzerland summer 2009]

The swiss travel trade magazine Travel Inside has published its  "Holiday Flights" list for the Winter 2008/09 season.

A very useful tool to see all destinations, flight periods, weekdays of operation and the names of the tour operators offering full or part charter holiday packages ex Switzerland.

citytrip.ch 11Sep08