Switzerland's seven busiest airports by passenger traffic are Zurich Airport, Geneva Airport, Basel Airport, Bern Airport, St Gallen Airport, Lugano Airport and Sion Airport.
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1 hour 50 minutes is ample time to go through passport control, take a short shuttle train ride from the central terminal to the E concourse and pass security in Zurich - IF your flight from Prague is not severely delayed.
Thanks to the airport's compact size and the famous Swiss efficiency, the minimum connection time between flights is just 40 minutes. However, to avoid having to rush through the airport or stress about missing your flight in case of delays, choose an itinerary with a layover of at least one hour.
Thanks to the airport's compact size and the famous Swiss efficiency, the minimum connection time between flights is just 40 minutes. However, to avoid having to rush through the airport or stress about missing your flight in case of delays, choose an itinerary with a layover of at least one hour.
Swiss International is relatively strict about its hand baggage policy. Items that exceed the limit by the smallest amount are checked — and passengers are charged. Packed flights may also suffer cabin-baggage overage. In such instances, attendants will transfer some baggage from the cabin to the hold.
As a guide, we recommend that you arrive at the airport two to three hours before departure. You can find the recommended arrival time for your flight when you select the desired flight: Go to Departures.
For domestic flights in the United States, most airlines recommend that passengers arrive at the airport at least 1-2 hours before the scheduled departure time for check-in and security screening.
Thanksgiving and Christmas tend to be the busiest travel days of the year, but other holidays like Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Labor Day also see some of the highest volumes of air passengers. So far this year, daily passenger numbers have been growing each month.
Zurich Airport has three terminals. Terminals A and B/D are located within the same building and connected internally for foot traffic and via moving sidewalks. Terminal E is detached and reached via a tram.
If the number of items of free baggage is exceeded, there will be a charge for every additional item of baggage. SWISS does not accept any items of baggage weighing more than 32 kg and exceeding a total size (width + height + depth) of 292 cm.
Zurich Airport has again been named as the winner of the Airport Service Quality Award for 2022 in the category of 25 to 40 million passengers in Europe, together with the airports in Athens and Palma de Mallorca. The results are based on passenger surveys at 400 airports across a total of 95 countries.