09.12.2025
SWISS to adopt new user scheme at Zurich Airport
Swiss International Air Lines and Unique (Flughafen Zürich
AG) have agreed a new user scheme for Zurich Airport that
will take effect as of the Summer 2005 timetable end of march.
Under the agreement, the national airline and the airport
operating authority will work more closely together at Zurich
Airport.
The new user scheme for Zurich Airport stipulates that
Gates A will be available for all SWISS flights within Europe.
SWISS intercontinental flights will depart from and arrive
at Gates E exclusively. This change will improve airport
planning parameters, which in turn will facilitate shorter
check-in and transfer times. The benefits for SWISS passengers
are a clear and understandable user format, shorter distances
and transfer times, and better access to connecting flights.
With these changes, Zurich Airport positions itself as one
of the most attractive airports in Europe at which to transfer.
Greater efficiency in ground procedures will improve the
likelihood of transfer passengers making their connecting
flight and reduce instances of passengers and their baggage
being carried on different flights. Concentrating handling
ac-tivities at specific locations will also improve punctuality
at the airport.
“By team up this way at Zurich Airport, SWISS and
Unique are creating the ba-sis for an efficient transfer
platform featuring fast, seamless procedures,” said
SWISS President and CEO Christoph Franz in praise of the
new user scheme. “SWISS as a network carrier becomes
much more attractive for passengers on non-stop flights
as well as those transferring at Zurich.”
This new arrangement enables SWISS to bolster its competitive
position as Switzerland’s national airline, while
Zurich Airport significantly strengthens its function as
an air transport hub.
In a separate development from the new user scheme, Swiss
International Air Lines Ltd. has secured additional funds
amounting to CHF 15 million through a secured loan agreement
with Unique (Flughafen Zürich AG). The full amount
is immediately available. The loan agreement has been concluded
for a three-year period, at current market interest rates.
This transaction further strengthens SWISS’s liquidity
position. |