A Swiss International Air Lines flight from Zurich to Vienna had to return to the Swiss city shortly after taking off when its pilots heard a worrying noise coming from the plane’s right engine.
People in Switzerland travel by plane twice as much as their neighbours and should cut down on flights to help the environment, according to a spokesperson for the Switzerland-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Swiss International Air Lines was forced to abort a flight from Geneva to Algiers on Saturday after passengers got into a fight about where they were seated, according to reports.
The Geneva airport struggled to return to normal operations on Sunday, a day after equipment failures, two fires and snow forced the cancellation of 35 flights and the rerouting of 22 others.
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is considering options to ease train congestion next year, including incentives - such as free coffee - to travel outside rush hours.
A lost passenger sparked a security alert at Geneva airport on Thursday that forced staff to halt boarding and caused disruption to several flights, a spokesman said.
A French woman was left stunned this week when she was barred from boarding a Swiss airlines flight to New York from Geneva airport after being told she was blacklisted. The reason, she says, is the name on her passport, Alic Aïda, which when pronounced (wrongly) can sound like Al Qaeda.
Cable cars — just like those used to carry skiers up mountain slopes — have re-emerged as a public transportation option in Geneva, where authorities are struggling to deal with road congestion.
Geneva airport reopened on Monday morning after a co-pilot hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 202 passengers and crew bound for Rome from Addis Ababa and forced it to land on the Swiss runway at 6am, closing the airport for more than an hour.
At peak times commuters often have trouble finding a free seat on Switzerland’s trains. Federal Railways SBB wants to make better use of the available seating.
