Getting There By Air
Zürich-Kloten (ZRH)
Tel: (01) 816 2211 or 157 1060 for flight and airport information.
Website: www.zurich-airport.com
The airport, situated 11km (seven miles) northeast of the city centre, has two terminals and ranks ninth among Europe’s largest airports. Flights arrive from 197 cities in 82 countries on one of 67 scheduled or 49 chartered airlines.
Major airlines: In the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001, Swissair ceased trading as of 31 March 2002. Assets were transferred to Crossair, the associated regional carrier, which changed its name to SWISS (tel: (084) 885 2000; website: www.swiss.com). Other airlines serving Zürich-Kloten include Air Canada, Air France, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa and South African Airways.
Approximate flight times to Zurich: From London is 1 hour 30 minutes; from New York is 7 hours 40 minutes; from Los Angeles is 11 hours 10 minutes; from Toronto is 8 hours 15 minutes and from Sydney is 22 hours 10 minutes.
Airport facilities: Facilities include showers, resting/sleeping areas, childcare, dental and medical centres, duty-free and other shops (open 0800-2000), restaurants, bars and cafés. The airport offers a number of amenities and good accessibility for disabled passengers. With the Fly-Rail Baggage service, passengers can check their bags in at the rail station up to 24-hours before their flight. Likewise, arriving passengers can check their bags from the originating airport straight through to a Swiss railway station. Car hire is available from Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz.
Business facilities: The Airport Convention Centre (tel: (01) 816 3422; fax: (01) 816 4455), offering 19 rooms of various sizes and four in the recently upgraded ancient tower, is located in the office complex of terminal A. The centre provides full facilities including fax and copiers. Every room has an overhead projector, flipchart and direct telephone connection.
Arrival/departure tax: SFr12.50.
Transport to the city: Zurich Transport Federation, Zürcher Verkehrsverbund – ZVV (website: www.zvv.ch) regional S-Bahn trains (S2) run from beneath the airport to the city centre every 10-15 minutes (journey time – 10 minutes). The service operates from 0611-2326 and tickets cost SFr5.40. There are scheduled services to other Swiss destinations on InterCity trains. Regional Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich – VBZ (tel: (0848) 801 880; fax: (01) 431 1526; website: www.vbz.ch) buses and night buses serve a large area of Switzerland. Many hotels near the airport and in the city offer a courtesy bus service. Taxis are readily available in front of both arrival halls and the fare to the city centre is approximately SFr55 (journey time – 15-30 minutes).
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