zurich airport (Flughafen zürich)

Zurich Airport (Zürich Flughafen) is the largest and most important airport of Switzerland. It has more then 26 million passengers per year, 3 runways, 2 terminals and 3 docks. The airport is located north of Zurich 13 kilometers away from the city center. Its`s the best airport in Europe for which he was awarded 11 times. Zurich ist the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines

Zurich Airport is a hub for: Swiss Int. Air Lines, Swiss Global Air Lines, Belair, Edelweiss Air, Helvetic Airways, Germania Flug and also the headquarters of Swiss air rescue service Rega The Operator is the Zürich Flughafen AG. It`s the 14. largest airport in Europe.

Traffic:

The Airport has its own underground station

and frequent Zürich S-Bahn ( suburban railway system) services, plus direct InterRegio, InterCity and Eurocity services. Daily from about 05:00 to 00:30 every 5 to 10 minutes will run trains to Zurich Downtown. Travel time is depending on traffic density between 10 and 15 minutes. There are also a tramway and many bus connections.

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.

Zurich Airport is also served by the A51 motorway and other main roads. At the airport there are several car parks.