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Zürich Airport

Flughafen Zürich
File:Zurich airport logo.png
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFlughafen Zürich AG
ServesZürich, Switzerland
LocationKloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon[1]
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL1,416 ft / 432 m
Websitezurich-airport.com
Map
ZRH is located in Switzerland
ZRH
ZRH
Location of airport in Switzerland
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 8,202 2,500 Concrete
14/32 10,827 3,300 Concrete
16/34 12,139 3,700 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers26.281.228[2]
Passengers change 14–15Increase3.2%
Aircraft movements265.095[3]
Movements change 14–15Increase0.02%

Zürich Airport (German: Flughafen Zürich, IATA: ZRH, ICAO: LSZH), also known as Kloten Airport, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland's largest city, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. The airport is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of central Zürich, in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon, all of which are within the canton of Zürich.[1][4]

History

Early years

A Swissair Douglas DC-8 at Zurich Airport in 1965
A Swissair Boeing 747-300 at Zurich Airport in 1993

The first flight abroad from Switzerland was on July 21, 1921. In the early years of aviation, the Dübendorf Air Base, located some 8 km (5.0 mi) to the south-east of Zürich Airport, also served as the city's commercial airfield. The need for a dedicated commercial facility lead to a search for a location for a replacement for Dübendorf.[5] In 1945, the federal parliament decided that Zürich was to be the site of a major airport, and sold 655 hectares (1,620 acres) of the Kloten-Bülach Artillery Garrison (German: Artillerie-Waffenplatz Kloten-Bülach) to the Canton of Zürich, giving the canton control of the new airport. The construction of the airport began the next year.[6][7]

Initial plans for the airport, as laid out in the Federal government's scheme of 1945, were centered on facilities capable of handling international airline traffic. Aircraft of up to 80 tons were envisaged. The primary runway was to be designed for use in all weather and at night, with a 400 meter wide hard surface running to 3000 meters in length. Additional 100-meter areas were to be provided on the shoulders for lateral protection in case of runway excursions. Additional domestic runways of 1000 to 1400 meter length were also to be built.[5]

The first flights off the west runway were not until 1948. The new terminal opened in 1953 with a large air show that ran for three days. In 1947 the airport handled 133,638 passengers on 12,766 airline flights; in 1952, 372,832 passengers on 24,728 airline flights. The first expansion of the airport was submitted in 1956, but the budget for the expansion was not approved by the Swiss Government until 1958 and the expansion was completed in 1961.[6][8]

On 18 February 1969, an El Al aircraft was attacked, whilst being prepared for takeoff, by four armed members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The attack was repulsed by the aircraft's security guard, resulting in the death of one of the terrorists, whilst the Boeing 720's co-pilot subsequently died of his injuries.[9]

On 18 January 1971, an inbound Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18D approached Zurich Airport in fog below the glideslope. It crashed and burst into flames, 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) north of the airport, when both left wingtip and landing gear contacted the ground. Seven crew members and 38 passengers were killed.[10]

The airport was again submitted and approved for renovation in 1970, and Terminal B was completed in 1971. The first signs of noise mitigation for the airport were in 1972, when a night-time curfew was enacted, as well as in 1974 when new approach routes were introduced. Runway 14/32 was opened in 1976, and 16/34 began renovation.[6]

1980 onwards

The noise of aircraft became an issue and a noise charge was instituted in 1980, and in 1984, an agreement was made regarding arrivals and departures to the airport via German airspace. The next largest event for the airport was in 1999, when the Parliament of the Canton of Zürich approved privatization of Zurich Airport. It was not until 2000, that Flughafen Zürich AG, trading under the brand Unique was appointed as the new airport operator. The brand Unique was dropped in favour of Zurich Airport and Flughafen Zürich in 2010.[6][11]

On the 2 October 2001, a major cash-flow crisis at Swissair, exacerbated by the global downturn in air travel caused by the September 11 attacks, caused the airline to ground all its flights. Although a government rescue plan permitted some flights to restart a few days later, and the airline's assets were subsequently sold to become Swiss International Air Lines, the airport lost a lot of traffic. Since Lufthansa took over Swiss International Air Lines in 2005, traffic has started growing again.

On 18 October 2001, a treaty was signed between Germany and Switzerland regarding the limitation of flights over Germany. Under the terms of this treaty, any incoming aircraft after 22:00 had to approach Zürich from the east to land on runway 28, which, unlike the airport's other runways, was not equipped with an instrument landing system. A month later, at 22:06 on the 24 November, an inbound Crossair Avro RJ100 using this approach in conditions of poor visibility crashed into a range of hills near Bassersdorf and exploded, killing 24 of the 33 people on board. The flight had originally been scheduled to land on runway 14 before 22:00, but it was subject to delay and was therefore diverted to runway 28.[6][12]

In 2003, Zurich Airport completed a major expansion project in which it built a new parking garage, a new midfield terminal, and an automated underground people mover to link the midfield terminal to the main terminal. In November 2008, a complete renovation and rebuild of the old terminal B structure was announced. The new terminal B opened in November 2011, and provides segregated access to and from aircraft for Schengen and non-Schengen passengers.[13] Zurich Airport handled 25.5 million passengers in 2014, up 2.5 percent from 2013.[14]

On 18 February 2015, Etihad Regional ceased two thirds of its scheduled routes without further notice, amongst them all services from Zürich except the domestic service to Geneva.[15][16][17] Etihad Regional blamed the behavior of competitors, especially Swiss International Air Lines as well as the Swiss aviation authorities for their failed expansion.[16]

As a consequence of the bombings in Brussels on 22 March 2016, which caused the temporary closure of Brussels Airport, Brussels Airlines stationed 3 A330's at Zürich airport to offer flights to several African countries for the duration of the closure.[18]

Corporate affairs

The airport is owned by Flughafen Zürich AG, a company quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Major shareholders include the canton of Zürich, with 33.33% plus one of the shares, and the city of Zürich, with 5% of the shares. No other shareholder has a holding exceeding 3%.[19] From 2000 to 2010, Flughafen Zürich AG used the brand name Unique.[20]

Infrastructure

Terminal A for domestic and Schengen destinations
Central terminal building

Terminal complex

The airport has three airside piers, which are known as terminals A, B and E (also signposted as Gates A, B/D and E). These are linked to a central air-side building called Airside Center, built in 2003. Alongside the Airside Center, the ground-side terminal complex named Airport Center comprises several buildings, and includes airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal. All departing passengers access the same departure level of the Airside Center, which includes duty-free shopping and various bars and restaurants, via airport security. They are then segregated between passengers for Schengen and non-Schengen destinations on the way to the gate lounges, with the latter first passing through emigration controls. Arriving Schengen and non-Schengen passengers are handled in separate areas of the Airside Center and reach the Airport Center by different routes, with non-Schengen passengers first passing through immigration controls.[21][22]

The three airside terminals are:

Terminal A

Terminal A contains gates prefixed A. It opened in 1971, and it is used exclusively by flights to and from destinations inside the Schengen Area, including domestic flights within Switzerland. It takes the form of a finger pier, directly connected at one end to the Airside Centre.[6][21]

Terminal B

Terminal B contains gates prefixed B and D. It originally opened in 1975 but was reopened in November 2011, having been extensively rebuilt over a period of three years. Like terminal A, it takes the form of a finger pier directly connected at one end to the Airside Centre. As rebuilt, it is designed to handle both Schengen and non-Schengen flights at the same gates. Each such gate has two numbers, one prefixed B and the other D, but with different passenger routes to and from the gates in order to keep the flows of Schengen and non-Schengen passengers separate.[6][21][23]

International Terminal E
Terminal E

Terminal E contains gates prefixed E, and is also known as the midfield terminal or Dock E. It is a stand-alone satellite terminal located on the opposite side of runway 10/28 from the Airside Center, and is situated between runways 16/34 and 14/32. It is entirely used by non-Schengen international flights and became operational and was opened on September 1, 2003. It is connected to the Airside Center by the Skymetro, an automated underground people mover.[6][21]

Runways

Zurich Airport has three runways: 16/34 of 3,700 m (12,100 ft) in length, 14/32 of 3,300 m (10,800 ft) in length, and 10/28 of 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in length. For most of the day and in most conditions, runway 14 is used for landings and runways 16 and 28 are used for takeoffs, although different patterns are used early morning and in the evenings.[24]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Zürich Airport offers scheduled and charter flights to 196 destinations in 62 countries around the world.[25]

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Ljubljana
Aegean Airlines Athens
Seasonal: Heraklion, Rhodes
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Riga
Seasonal: Heringsdorf
Air Berlin Alicante, Berlin–Tegel, Brindisi, Catania, Düsseldorf, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Olbia, Rhodes, Samos, Sylt, Zakynthos
Air Berlin
operated by Belair 		Pristina, Skopje
Seasonal: Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Reykjavik-Keflavik (begins 22 December 2016)[26]
Air Canada Toronto–Pearson
Air Europa Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta
Air Prishtina[27]
operated by Germania Flug 		Pristina, Skopje
Air Serbia Belgrade
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
Alitalia
operated by Alitalia CityLiner 		Rome–Fiumicino
American Airlines New York–JFK
AtlasGlobal Istanbul–Atatürk
Austrian Airlines Vienna
BH Air Seasonal: Burgas, Varna
British Airways London–Heathrow
British Airways
operated by BA CityFlyer 		London–City
Bulgaria Air Sofia
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya
Croatia Airlines Zagreb
Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Pula, Split
Delta Air Lines New York–JFK
Seasonal: Atlanta
easyJet Amsterdam, Berlin–Schönefeld, Hamburg, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton
Edelweiss Air Antalya, Cancún (resumes 17 April 2017),[28] Catania, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Havana, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Mauritius,[29] Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San José de Costa Rica (begins 9 May 2017),[30] Sharm el-Sheikh, Skopje, Tampa, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Bodrum, Cagliari, Calgary, Cape Town, Corfu, Dalaman, Edinburgh, Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Las Vegas, Malé, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Mykonos, Olbia, Pula, Phuket, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, San Diego (begins 9 June 2017),[28] Santorini, Seville, Split, Vancouver, Varna
El Al Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Emirates Dubai–International
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Etihad Regional
operated by Darwin Airline 		Geneva
Eurowings Düsseldorf, Hamburg
Eurowings
operated by Germanwings 		Cologne/Bonn
Finnair Helsinki
Finnair
operated by Nordic Regional Airlines 		Helsinki
Flybe
operated by Blue Islands 		Seasonal charter: Jersey
Germania Seasonal: Rostock (begins 26 May 2017)[31][32]
Germania Flug Beirut, Gran Canaria, Larnaca, Funchal, Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Agadir, Ankara (begins 16 June 2017),[33] Burgas, Calvi, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera (begins 6 April 2017),[33] Kos, La Palma, Split, Rovaniemi (begins 18 December 2016),[34] Varna, Vilnius
Seasonal charter: Porto
Helvetic Airways Ohrid, Pristina, Skopje
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Chania, Inverness, Menorca, Shannon, Tromsø
Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kittila, Kos, Larnaca, Marsa Alam, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Zakynthos
Iberia Madrid
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
KLM Amsterdam
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper 		Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine 		Munich
Montenegro Airlines Podgorica
Niki Vienna
Nouvelair Seasonal charter: Enfidha
Oman Air Muscat
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia1
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Singapore Airlines Singapore
SunExpress Antalya, İzmir
Swiss International Air Lines Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital, Belgrade, Berlin–Tegel, Boston, Brussels, Bucharest–Henri Coandă, Budapest, Cairo, Chicago–O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dubai–International, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gran Canaria, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, London-Gatwick (begins 24 December 2016), Los Angeles, Madrid, Málaga, Manchester, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montréal–Trudeau, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, New York–JFK, Newark, Nice, Oslo–Gardermoen, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tokyo–Narita, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Alicante, Brindisi, Catania, Istanbul–Atatürk, İzmir, Malta, Palermo, Santiago de Compostela, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Austrian Airlines 		Düsseldorf, Graz, Lugano, Luxembourg, Lyon, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Helvetic Airways 		Bari, Birmingham, Brussels, Bucharest–Henri Coandă, Budapest, Florence, Göteborg–Landvetter, Graz, Hannover, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Sion (begins 4 February 2017; ends 25 February 2017),[35] Sofia, Stuttgart, Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Swiss Global Air Lines 		Amsterdam, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Bilbao, Brussels, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Göteborg–Landvetter, Hanover, Hong Kong, Kraków, Leipzig/Halle, London–City, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Naples, Newark, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Singapore, Sofia, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Venice, Zagreb
Seasonal: Bari
Tailwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
Take Air
operated by Abelag Aviation 		Antwerp
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Transavia Amsterdam (begins 21 February 2017)[36]
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis
Seasonal: Enfidha
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk
Twin Jet Toulouse
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil
United Airlines Newark, Washington–Dulles
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London–Luton, Málaga, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Ibiza, Santiago de Compostela
Notes
  • ^1 Royal Jordanian's flights to Amman make a stop in Geneva. The airline, however, does not have eighth freedom rights to transport passengers solely from Zürich to Geneva.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Turkish Airlines Cargo Algiers, Istanbul–Atatürk

Statistics

Busiest European routes

Statistics of the Zurich Airport from 1982 to 2014 incl. passengers, transfer passengers, flights handled and freight in metric tons
Zürich Airport in 1956
Zurich Airport with the Swiss Alps visible in the background
Interior view of the landside area
View of runway 14
Swiss International Air Lines maintains its hub at Zürich Airport
Busiest routes at Zurich Airport (2015)[37]
Rank City Total departing passengers
1 United Kingdom London Heathrow 1,073,950
2 Germany Berlin 987,574
3 Austria Vienna 956,652
4 Netherlands Amsterdam 766,304
5 Germany Düsseldorf 740,036
6 France Paris 665,028
7 Germany Frankfurt 621,070
8 Spain Barcelona 605,288
9 Germany Hamburg 528,726
10 Turkey Istanbul 519,460
11 Switzerland Geneva 490,412
12 Spain Madrid 488,870
13 Spain Palma de Mallorca 460,160

Busiest intercontinental routes

Busiest intercontinental routes at Zurich International Airport (2014) – Eurostat[38]
Rank City Passengers
1 United Arab Emirates Dubai 478,990
2 United States New York – JFK 460,554
3 Israel Tel Aviv 394,564
4 Singapore Singapore 384,892
5 Thailand Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi 306,662
6 Hong Kong Hong Kong 279,032
7 United States Newark 247,626
8 United States Miami 214,836
9 Oman Muscat 214,050
10 United States Chicago – O'Hare 187,168
11 United States San Francisco 166,854
12 United States Los Angeles 146,474
13 India Delhi 143,832
14 Japan Tokyo – Narita 138,828
15 India Mumbai 132,786

Top airlines

Zurich Airport Airlines (2015)
Rank Airlines Percentage
1 Switzerland SWISS 54.6%
2 Germany Air Berlin / Belair 5.5%
3 Switzerland Edelweiss Air 4.6%
4 Germany Germanwings 2.5%
5 United Kingdom British Airways 2.2%

Passenger development

Zurich Airport Passenger Totals 1950–2014 (millions)
Updated: 17 January 2016

Ground transportation

Zurich Airport railway station

Train

Zürich Airport railway station is located underneath the Airport Centre. The station has frequent Zürich S-Bahn services, plus direct InterRegio, InterCity and Eurocity services, to many places including Basel, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Brig, Geneva, Konstanz, Lausanne, Lucerne, Munich, Romanshorn, St. Gallen and Winterthur. There are some 13 trains per hour to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main city centre station, with a journey time of between 10 and 15 minutes. By changing trains at Hauptbahnhof, most other places in Switzerland can be reached in a few hours.[39][40]

Bus and tram

In front of the Airport Centre is the airport stop of the Stadtbahn Glattal, a light rail system that interworks with the Zürich tram system, together with a regional bus station. Both the bus station and light rail stop provide service to destinations throughout the Glattal region that surrounds the airport, with the light rail stop being served by tram routes 10 and 12. Tram route 10 also provides a link to Zurich Hauptbahnhof, albeit with a rather longer journey time than that of the railway.[41]

Road

The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which link to the airports own road network. Drop-off areas are available by the Airport Centre whilst a total of over 1000 spaces are available in six car parks for short and long term parking. A car hire centre is located in the terminal complex.[42][43][44] The airport is served by a fleet of dedicated airport taxis, which operate from taxi ranks in front of the arrival areas. Alternative chauffeur driven airport limousines can be arranged.[45]

Other facilities

The Circle, a complex intended to include a medical center, a conference center, shops, restaurants, offices and hotels, is under construction opposite the Airport Centre. The complex was designed by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto and is planned for completion in 2018.[46][47]

Several companies have their headquarters on or about the airport. These include Swiss International Air Lines,[48] Swiss World Cargo,[49] Swiss AviationTraining,[50] Edelweiss Air,[51] gategroup,[52] Helvetic Airways,[53] Swissôtel,[54] and Rega.[55] Other companies that were formerly based on the airport include Swissair[56] and Crossair.[57]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ^ "2015 erstmals mehr als 26 Millionen Passagiere am Flughafen Zürich".
  3. ^ http://www.zurich-airport.com/~/media/FlughafenZH/Dokumente/Das_Unternehmen/Flughafen_Zuerich_AG/StatistikBericht_2014.pdf
  4. ^ "GIS-ZH". Amt für Raumentwicklung Zürich. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Bell, E. A. (10 May 1945). "Swiss Planning". Flight and Aircraft Engineer. XLVII (1898). Royal Aero Club: 501. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Zurich Airport". Zurich-airport.com. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  7. ^ "City of Dübendorf – History". Stadt Dübendorf. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ^ American Aviation 3 August 1953 p35
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